Couldn't resist these two in Oxfam Books on Victoria Road: first 1926 edition of MacDiarmid's 'Penny Wheep', due but presumably not returned to Glasgow Public Libraries on April Fool's Day 1960 - and The Dark Horse praising swans. £1.99 for MacD and £12.99 for Gerry Cambridge!

Congratulations to our new cohort of mentees for Clydebuilt 16: Nasim Rebecca Asl, Kim Crowder, Mattea Gernentz and Cat Macleod, who will be mentored by Anthony (Vahni) Capildeo ! stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com

Ever an exciting moment when a new equine form gallops out of the stable of poetics. This time including a review essay of mine on that dark horse of the first Scottish renaissance, Gavin Douglas. 🐴📚

Lovely to have a translation commended in the 2023 Stephen Spender Prize - of an anonymous Latin poem, ca. 10th C. Poem below. A nice validation of an activity I find really nourishing but tend not to seek publication for so much as my 'own' poems...

Looking forward to this in a few weeks - reading 14 March, 7pm at Alchemy Experiment for Gutter Glasgow launch. Not been at an in-person poetry thing since my family expanded last year so an exciting moment!

Just up on our wall - two wonderful wind poems from Greg Thomas/Oo Press. Really lovely work and very cool how the lines swoosh when you try to focus.

What a wonderful and rich poem by Stewart Sanderson! A modern version of Keats' Grecian Urn...?

Really looking forward to reading at this on 25 April! Celebrating the publication of DWAMS, a book of very exciting sexy poetry from @Shane_Strachan!

All set up at St Boswells Village Hall for Meet The Funders @BordersTSI. Great to be here to meet groups to talk about ideas and also catch up with other funders! The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland

DWAMS by the wonderful @Shane_Strachan hits Edinburgh tomorrow evening at Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop , swiftly followed by Waterstones Byres Road the day after (Thursday). See you there!

A brilliant new collection and really lovely to hear @Shane_Strachan reading from it the other night!

Not doing too much critical stuff atm, but it's been a real pleasure recently to review Bill Findlay and Martin Bowman's Scots versions of Michel Tremblay Association for Scottish Literature for 'Translation and Literature', which has long been a journal I've admired and learned from. 📚🙏

📢 Calling all emerging poets in Scotland! Applications are now open for CLYDEBUILT 17, a 12-month mentoring scheme facilitated by StMungo's Mirrorball 🪩 that provides intensive support to poets at an early stage of their writing careers. Find out more ⬇️ edwinmorgantrust.com/2024/06/04/cly…

So excited to be en route to the Glasgow launch of this amazing new collection - Old Hairdressers, doors 19:00! I'll be doing a few support poems for Rebecca Sharp's not to be missed headline performance and we will also be essaying an avant garde new musical experiment!

To my eye, this potato feels very humanoid in a stone age sculpture kind of way - Venus of Willendorf, Brodgar figurine echoes. Almost a shame to consume it.

You guys! I'm having an online launch for my first full poetry collection, Once I Carried Three Crows, published by Tapsalteerie and I would love it so much if you could be there! eventbrite.co.uk/e/once-i-carri…

Don't miss tomorrow's #FridayFocus! We're joined by poets Alan Riach, Gerrie Fellows and Stewart Sanderson for an online reading of selected works from the latest in our #Hunterian Poems series: 'Hunter’s Voices'. Friday 27 September 1-1.30pm Via Zoom eventbrite.co.uk/e/friday-focus…

Great launch tonight for this anthology of responses, edited by Alan Riach and including one normal poem by me and one multitudinous poem generator The Hunterian Stewed Rhubarb Press

In the coming year we have headliners including Niall Campbell, Ella Frears and Oksana Maksymchuk. Join Mirrorball for £25 (concs available ) to see a wide variety of excellent poetry in person in Glasgow or online - see blogsite for details …

Really looking forward to this workshop with Stewart Sanderson - he is passionate and deeply knowledgeable about the ‘debatable lands’. Details below 👇🏼