'Dispersed on the ground. Drawing a crowd. Her skirt long, thank goodness, pooled like blood around her.' iamb.uk/wave/25-van...

'The smudge of lipstick inside this facemask marks it as yours; I wear your kiss as an open secret in the supermarket queue.' iamb.uk/wave/25-sea...

'You will know me by these strange eyes lit by a hundred ancestors’ fire-sight— this left iris locked on the underworld.' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

' ... her / smile / is a poised river enduring down the pleats of corduroy hills and her heart is cracked porcelain ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

'The floor was slick with bile and mother begged for Jesus who showed up naked, body of criss-crossed scars that wouldn’t heal ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-sar...

'I recite the rules by rote by heart, by practise, practise, practise by trial and by error, so quietly the hum of my voice is a vaporous elegy ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-lou...

'The bow is lifted and 𝄐 | Coasting down from her peak | the violin reaches perfect cadence.' iamb.uk/wave/25-lis...

'On a cellular level it happens every second Fragments of the body are let go to make survival possible.' iamb.uk/wave/25-kar...

'You have been to places like this, I know, But did you visit these monuments? Or did you dream your Dartmoor stones?' iamb.uk/wave/25-jim...

'Casual sex has left you just as empty and upset as the failed relationships you somehow kept with wonderful (incredibly patient) men.' iamb.uk/wave/25-hlr

'Your dreams will always cast you a tide of enigmas, soaked in the ambiguity of Pythian prophecies ... ' iamb.uk/wave/25-gle...

'In the tidal mud below lay bottles and shoes, reminders of when we too were wild, our wanton lives unborn.' iamb.uk/wave/25-eli...

'Nothing good ever came from being the first one in. More people have walked on the moon than have won from the number one position, remember that.' iamb.uk/wave/25-col...

Free poetry here! The latest wave and the whole archive at iamb.uk/wave/25-sean-b… for your reading and listening enjoymen#poetryr#taroto#poetryandsciencec#scottishpoetryry

Despite the rain, the chill, winter's reluctance to cede his throne, spring arrives with daffodils, birdsong, the lengthening of days. Welcoming it are the 15 poets of wave twenty-five of @iamb.uk. Expect 45 poems, written and read – fresh as the incoming season. iamb.uk/index/wave/25

Today's the day! Very happy to be among the 15 poets and 45 poems to read and hear at www.iamb.uk/index/wave/25

Very pleased to announce that I am one of the 15, and in such great company, past and present. Do check out this beautiful website and the many great poems to be found there. #iamb #poetry #audiopoems

The latest #theweesparrow anthology has landed! Meet my meditative frog and various other poetical beasts, all proceeds to good causes. Thanks to #marcellenewbold and #bronwenrevans for all their work in putting this together. Read more at sites.google.com/view/wwwthewee…

Very happy to say that I am one of those poets! My Frog will be sitting very still amongst many other beasts in this anthology #animalpoems #weesparrowpress #linesofcommunication

I was reminded today I'm meant to promote my poetry sequence here. It's just been published in a 2nd edition by Poetry Salzburg: www.poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm It's about the vengeful rage of Medea whom no one listens to, and about political violence. So more relevant than when I wrote it, alas.

Very happy to announce that a poem of mine has been highly commended in the Write Out Loud competition, judged by Neil Astley of @BloodaxeBooks. Congrats to the winners and other commended poems! You can read all about it here: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge... #writeoutloud #poetry #bloodaxe

Here's the poem of mine, Five Fields, that won the 2025 #MoleculesUnlimited prize. It was fun to write, I hope it's fun to read! #scienceandpoetry #prizewinningpoems

Of the many gems in Hollis' The Wasteland: Biography of a Poem, Pound challenging a proponent of Georgian poetry to a duel is so far the shiniest

I've been told that years in Italy has done strange things to my Scottish accent: judge for yourselves by listening to two of my poems, in some great company, at open.spotify.com/episode/4FYB... or poetryworthhearing.biz Many thanks again to Poetry Worth Hearing!

Hear ye (literally)! Two of my poems on the subject of Rules will be appearing soon on Poetry Worth Hearing! Splendid news. www.poetryworthhearing.biz #poetry #poetrycommunity #ekphrasticpoetry #poetryworthhearing

Just broke the poetry competition duck with a win in the second Molecules Unlimited comp for my poem Five Fields. Woohoo! www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZB...

And then you suddenly remember that there is such a thing as Julian Cope

Splendid news: my poem, Five Fields, has been shortlisted for the Molecules Unlimited prize, judged by @imtiazdharker.bsky.social Really looking forward to the online readings on the 12th March!

Here's a poem of mine from Top Tweet Tuesday, hosted on X by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social So many good writers and poems every Tuesday!

Since the internet has gone all Greek, here's my tuppence worth, from the lovely limited edition printed by Rum Do in Venice. #poetry #scottishpoets #writerscommunity #poetrylovers #greekmythology #medusa #sonnets

This older poem was recently printed in a lovely limited edition by Rum Do Press in Venice. In memory of my grandfather, Calum Marshall.