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Andy Williamson
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Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | urbanbadgercollective.com http://andywilliamson.com
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Thanks Victoria, really appreciate that 🙏
Getting my head back into writing after the school holidays, so a quick first draft of a poem for this week's #PromptCombo #DreamLogic. Thanks @victoriaspires.bsky.social for hosting! #poem #poetry
School holidays, so not had time to write anything for #PoemsAbout #BurnForTheCamera this week. Looking forward to reading contributions as I get a chance and - hopefully - back in service next week!
The less inhabited side of Loch Fyne in black and white #scotland
Been offline down in Argyle for the last few days…
Thanks Alan, appreciate this, as always
Poem, not ‘open’ - where did predictive text get that one from!!!
Such clarity Jane! Nothing is perfect, except, perhaps, this wee open about imperfection, love it! 👏👏
Thank you Merril! It isn’t at all, I reckon it’s taken me ten years to write this poem!
Yes, it's complicated (as a social network used to say!), we're all imperfect and those imperfections spread across our relationships too. Not an island perhaps but an inter-connected group of skerries in a wild sea at least!
Just that Karen, thank you for expressing it so well!
That's a sharp observation their John, you're so right - not that I saw that myself in writing it 😂
ooh, thank you Carolyn, I like that :-)
Turning the imperfection around into an honest reflection of why a relationship failed for #poemsabout #imperfectme. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt and glad to be back writing after an enforced break!
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Thanks Paul, glad that this resonates for you too!
Thank you Debra, I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🙏
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You can sense how personal this is from a writers perspective- and impersonal from a military perspective- Regulation sympathy, medals, formalities.
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‘official letterhead and regulation sympathy’ — your phrasing cuts with its coldness. Your grief is set against bureaucracy, and it breaks through the paper mask.
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Thanks Alan, what a great prompt… some fantastic poems this week