THN's September issue—stories and poems short enough for a #coffeebreak, deep enough to linger. www.thehooletsnook.com/stories--poe... #microfiction #shortpoetry #storieswithheart #quickreads #drabbles #haiku #shortreads #flashfiction #takeabreath #poetrylovers #readersofbsky #writersofbsky 🦉❣️📖

This is a wonderful #submission opportunity for #poetry and #microfiction 💙 🦉

And yet a third #LifttotheSky for The Candyman’s Trumpet @dreich.bsky.social a new online mag curated by the supportive and generous Jack Caradoc. It’s already published great work by fantastic poets and it’s free to subscribe (and submit). Get to know it! #poetrycommunity @alanparrywriter.co.uk

More very exciting news - this is the cover art reveal for the Wee Sparrow Poetry Press anthology "Lines of Communication". Isn't it gorgeous! Am highly chuffed to have a tiny poem in the anthology. #poetry #anthology

Where much is said in few words, the latest issue of The Hoolet’s Nook 🦉💙 #microfiction #poetry

Oooh - how exciting! The brand new issue of The Hoolet's Nook is live! This is a gorgeous journal where much is said in few words. I am delighted to be in such great company in this edition. #poetry #microfiction #dribbles #drabbles

[email protected] has done a brilliant job compiling a handy list of writing open mics across Scotland! In a quickly-evolving scene, that's no easy feat. Read it (and consider supporting her work) here: thegoodeggproject.substack.com/p/scotland-o...

The blood moon wove its way upwards in a cloud-strewn sky, giving us glimpses of the lunar eclipse as evening fell. #lunareclipse

Wonderful ✨

We're thrilled to be collaborating with the Leeuwarden UNESCO City of Literature to present our latest online poetry writing workshop with Preston Losack, host of Preston's Poetry Podcast. Join us on Wed 17 Sept as we dive into active reading for poetry writing: www.citizenticket.com/events/push-...

I’m intrigued by the conversation these two butterflies might be having - I think one is a peacock butterfly and the other a red admiral? #Latesummerdays #butterflywhispers #inmygarden #ScottishSummer #naturephotography

The Starbeck Orion Showcases The Poetry Of Maggie Mackay Day Five Of Twenty-Five: open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Running she comes, late, Reeling in under the last Bronze brimmings. She sits Among twenty whispers. —George Mackay Brown, “Island School” published in Carve the Runes: Selected Poems by George Mackay Brown (Polygon 2021) #Orkney #poetry birlinn.co.uk/product/carv...

Welcome To The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Artwork And Poetry Issue Eleven Day Eighteen featuring the poetry of Charles A. Perrone open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Lovely Tobermory, I’m home now from a wonderful week on Mull. Time to plan another visit… #Mull #Tobermory #Scotland

Reflecting on a rather wonderful break on Mull, departing the island just after Storm Floris along with the last of the puffins #naturephotography #scotland #puffins #Mull #StormFloris #hebrides #staffa #lunga #staffatours

🎪 The mayhem begins! Celebrate with us! Doors open at 10am at George IV Bridge (Edinburgh) and Kelvin Hall (Glasgow). Be among the first 500 at each site to get your special edition centenary comic, created by Beano! #NLS100 #Beano

There are few more supportive members of the #poetrycommunity than @shamana58.bsky.social who definitely deserves a #lifttothesky

Two beautifully evoked memories from Marguerite Doyle today.

Welcome to The Starbeck Orion Summer Feast Of Poetry And Artwork Day Twenty-Three featuring the poetry of Elizabeth Cusack open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...

Quite delighted to have two poems in @blacknorereview.bsky.social today, looking ahead to the changing seasons in Scotland and further afield. Thank you, Black Nore Review! #poetry #blueskypoetry

A peacock butterfly inspecting the wildflowers in my garden, before the rains close in #inmygarden #scottishsummer #inmygardentoday #naturephotography

And in today’s Blueberry News 🗞️ 🫐 (yes I am a little blueberry obsessed at the moment, but how can you not be) The first blueberry harvest of the year - fresh blueberries on my breakfast. 💙🫐💙 #inmygarden #blueberry #blueberryharvest #naturephotography

The first blushes, soon my breakfast will be graced with fresh blueberries 🫐 #inmygarden #blueberries

Less than a week left to submit to #Tyne&EskWriters 2025 Writer of the Year (WOTY) Competition tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/2025-writer-...

Can highly recommend joining the spiny cult - competitions, challenges and a bundle of poetry goodies like the one which has just arrived on my doorstep!

📢 Calling writers in mid and East Lothian! Closing soon! Tyne & Esk Writers WOTY Competition Details on the website: tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/2025-writer-... #TyneandEskWriters

Tyne & Esk Writers - WRITER OF THE YEAR (WOTY) annual writing competition ✍️

This. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Ten minutes after the rain, the aroma of raindrops on petals. #naturephotography #raindrops #inmygarden #solstice #serenity

Ooooh exciting updates from @thehooletsnook.bsky.social - a new edition rich with micro writing and a new submission opportunity - time to catch up with a cuppa ☕️

A great opportunity to come along to a taster session on writing run by the Dunbar Group of Tyne & Esk Writers.

Blackcurrants forming from exquisite little lantern blossoms. Miniature perfection. #inmygarden #blossom #scottishspring #fruit

Cult Challenge: April 2025: “A Message From Your Secret Self” We all have an inner dialogue, a voice that nags at us - whether as a conscience or a route map to where you need to be, even if it speaks a truth that we don't want to hear. Sometimes though, there is gold in those thoughts and this…

Pfff … amateurs. On the Glasgow subway, there are piranhas 🦴💀🐟

Oh this looks wonderful!

Really looking forward to this wonderful session 💙

Who knew that these exquisite little lanterns are actually a promise of blackcurrants. My blackcurrant bush is full of them. And why have I never seen them before? #inmygarden #ScottishSpring #nature #naturephotography #blackcurrants #tinywonders

Ever wondered which poems are taught in Scottish schools for English Nat 5 and Highers? Wonder no more. A new updated SQA poetry syllabus was published this week, including some new/younger poets. Every poet/poem is listed here + learning resources. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learning/sqa...

This will be a luminous week ✨ with outstanding guides @marjorielotfi.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social & all the goodness of Galloway leaning into us. For all who are in the practice of #writing, of #poems #Retreat, Galloway House, 14-19 September. Click below for more details & booking 👇

Aaaah, so it’s going to be that sort of day then … #scotland #naturephotography

This promises to be a fascinating collection by Arkbound, crowdfunding campaign is live. #anthology #scottishwriting #arkbound #scotland #landscapes #environment #poetry #prose

And today the bluebells are smiling at me, even when doused with raindrops. #bluebells #spring #scottishspring #naturephotography #inmygarden

These delicate petals will soon fall, and leave behind the beginnings of cherries 🍒, the birds will watch them carefully as they grow and will feast upon almost ripe cherries just before they are sweet enough for the humans. #cherryblossom #spring #scottishspring #naturephotography #inmygarden

If you were not able to join us for this great event, you can read about it here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/james-robert... #meettheauthor #authorevent #Tyne&EskWriters #writers #amwriting #writingcommunity #libraryevents #JamesRobertson