Nazaret Ranea

Really excited to be celebrating another Edinburgh launch, this time at the Scottish Poetry Library, alongside four incredible poets and fellow Young Makars!

Thanks Mary for the beautiful pic of the garden it looks so lovely. It was my first time at Little Sparta and such a hidden gem I felt so lucky to be there 🌿💚

Thanks so much! Really glad to connect with you on Bluesky 😊

Thanks so much, Beth! 😊

Aw Gaia thanks so much, this is really sweet of you! 🩵

Thanks a lot, Paul!

Thanks so much, Shivanne! Would love to hear your thoughts on it 😊🩵

Aww I’m so glad you like it! Can’t wait to hear what you think once you’ve read it ✨

I’m really glad you noticed cause it was actually very intentional! haha

Thanks so much, June! I’m really glad you enjoyed it 🪶💛

Thanks, Eddie! I’m already feeling really welcome here, and I’m so glad you enjoyed my poems 😊

Had such a wonderful poetry-filled weekend ✨

My poem Nettles was The Scotsman’s poem of the Week on Saturday, followed by a magical visit to Little Sparta, Ian Hamilton Finlay’s ‘Garden Poem’, where I read alongside Janette Ayachi, Nasim Rebecca Asl and Chris Crawford to celebrate Ian’s centenary

Thanks so much! 🤗

Thanks!

Thanks, Peter!

Thanks so much, Mary! Lovely to hear you like the cover 🤗

Hahahaha cheers, titi! 😘😘😘

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Really glad you liked the poem 😊

Thanks!

Thanks a lot, Julian! 😊✨

Thank you! I can already feel how welcoming the community is here 🙂

My Journey from Scotland’s Next Generation Young Makar to Published Poet Nazaret Ranea write of her journey from being one of the Scottish Poetry Library's Young Makars to having her first poetry collection published by Drunk Muse Press.

Nazaret Ranea writes of her journey from being one of the Scottish Poetry Library's Young Makars to having her first poetry collection published by Drunk Muse Press.

www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2025/07/my-j...

Full text of poem: Dostoevsky's death mask at the Russian Museum of Málaga Sunday, after four, when the entry is free. I look at this heavy head on an even heavier pillow and refuse to believe that when you died your eyes weren’t open. No, Anna must have closed them. Later that day Kramskoi came to make a drawing. Your half-smile, faint. Your hair was still growing. It’s Sunday afternoon, but no one is here. I just want to scream “Mine!” and try to break the glass only to run off crying. Nazaret Ranea Published in And Other Poems

'Dostoevsky's death mask at the Russian Museum of Málaga', by Nazaret Ranea, published in Issue Four of And Other Poems.

So lovely to finally be joining Bluesky with the happy news that my debut poetry collection Nettles is out now! 🌿

To celebrate its launch, signed copies are available here nazaretranea.com/item/nettles/