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It's 'Gies a Scots Poem Day 2026', in partnership
@handsupfortrad.bsky.social @royalscottishacad.bsky.social We've commissioned 10 poets to respond to MacDiarmid’s 'A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle' for the poem's 100th birthday! www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/gies-a-scots... #Giesascotspoemsday
ICYMI - Part 3 ⚽
ICYMI - Part 2 ⚽
ICYMI - Part 1 ⚽
The Scotsman Poem of the Week
'Darlings -' by Tom Pow
“It was a real honour to be in Charleston to explore the connections – historic and present, difficult and creative – between Scotland and South Carolina.”
Peter Mackay, Scotland’s Makar
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2026/06/from...
It's 'Gies a Scots Poem Day 2026', in partnership @handsupfortrad.bsky.social. We've commissioned 10 poets to respond to MacDiarmid’s 'A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle' for the poem's 100th birthday! Find the poems and videos here
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/gies-a-scots...
#Giesascotspoemsday
RESIDENCIES AT LITTLE SPARTA
Deadline: Mon 29 June
A @ptbopoetry.bsky.social residency to support the creation of new poetry-led work, responding to the work of Iain Hamilton Finlay, the gardens at Little Sparta and this year’s festival theme The Space Between.
pushtheboatout.org/residencies-...
Gie a Scots Poem Day
is coming ... share your favourite Scots verse on social media on Wed 10th June with the hashtag #GieAScotsPoemDay
projects.handsupfortrad.scot/handsupfortr...
🏴 GIE IT LALDY - SCOTLAND DREAMS OF THE WORLD CUP
A poem written by the Tartan Army and the people of Scotland to send the team on its way across the Atlantic. Put together by Peter Mackay (Makar) from lines submitted.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/gie-it-...
Scottish Poetry Library
This year’s Gies a Scots Poem Day is something special. 2026 marks the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle — a foundational work for contemporary poetry in Scots, and a poe...
Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival is partnering with Little Sparta on a residency programme to support the creation of new poetry-led work, responding to the work of Iain Ha...
This year’s Gies a Scots Poem Day is something special. 2026 marks the centenary of Hugh MacDiarmid’s A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle — a foundational work for contemporary poetry in Scots, and a poe...
You sent in your lines, your hopes, your dreams and our Makar got tae work on them. After much jiggling them aboot here it is. Our World Cup poem. By the people of Scotland!
Gies A Scots Poem Day is back on Wednesday 10th June and we’re absolutely delighted to be partnering once again with the Scottish Poetry Library to make it even better! We want as m…
🏴 GIE IT LALDY - SCOTLAND DREAMS OF THE WORLD CUP
A poem written by the Tartan Army and the people of Scotland to send the team on its way across the Atlantic. Put together by Peter Mackay (Makar) from lines submitted.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/gie-it-...
⚽️ NEW! IN OFF THE BARD
SPL commissioned 4 poets - from Brazil, Haiti, Morocco & Scotland - to respond to the men's World Cup that kicks off next week.
Here's Scotland's Group C featuring 🇯🇲 OCotta! 🇲🇦 Mouna Ouafik 🇭🇹 Bertony Louis and 🏴 Julie McNeill
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/in-off-the-b...
To Scotland With Love
A Moroccan poet, Mouna Ouafik, looks forward to the World Cup and writes of her love of playing football, and for all things Scottish #worldcup
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2026/05/to-s...
You sent in your lines, your hopes, your dreams and our Makar got tae work on them. After much jiggling them aboot here it is. Our World Cup poem. By the people of Scotland!
Every time I play football, dopamine and adrenaline take over everything. Life sharpens. My mind and body switch into high-performance mode. Everything becomes vivid, charged, accelerated. Ideas flash...
