Andy Williamson
@andywilliamson.com
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
Pinned
Through salt-heavy seas
Through salt-heavy seas navigates the emotional geography of displacement and belonging, weaving together the coastlines of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and the mountains ...
www.lulu.com
Excited that my new #poetry collection, 'Through salt-heavy seas' is out! This book marks a milestone for me, so I'm delighted to see it in print! DM me if you'd like to review it!
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
I managed a quick #fridaypoem for this week's #poemsabout #youshouldnthave prompt between meetings! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for yet another challenging prompt!
#poetrycommunity #poems #poets #christmas #poetsofbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poems #poets #christmas #poetsofbluesky
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I managed a quick #fridaypoem for this week's #poemsabout #youshouldnthave prompt between meetings! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for yet another challenging prompt!
#poetrycommunity #poems #poets #christmas #poetsofbluesky
#poetrycommunity #poems #poets #christmas #poetsofbluesky
Reposted by Andy Williamson
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Imps
Unleash your tricksters. Write what hides behind holiday cheer.
Chaos in small doses. Or full-blown curse.
Tag it. Use Alt Text. Post from Friday.
Saturday prompts hit inboxes: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Unleash your tricksters. Write what hides behind holiday cheer.
Chaos in small doses. Or full-blown curse.
Tag it. Use Alt Text. Post from Friday.
Saturday prompts hit inboxes: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tomorrow: #PoemsAbout #Imps
Unleash your tricksters. Write what hides behind holiday cheer.
Chaos in small doses. Or full-blown curse.
Tag it. Use Alt Text. Post from Friday.
Saturday prompts hit inboxes: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Unleash your tricksters. Write what hides behind holiday cheer.
Chaos in small doses. Or full-blown curse.
Tag it. Use Alt Text. Post from Friday.
Saturday prompts hit inboxes: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Well, I really struggled with this weeks #poemsabout prompt, #imps. Nice one @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for that, really had me working hard. Well done everyone who managed something, I think I might have gone a bit off piste, as it were 😂 #poems #poetry
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Well, I really struggled with this weeks #poemsabout prompt, #imps. Nice one @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for that, really had me working hard. Well done everyone who managed something, I think I might have gone a bit off piste, as it were 😂 #poems #poetry
Well, the Spotify wrappy-up-thingy shows two things. 1. My efforts to purge the 7-year old from my account have had limited success; and 2. his tastes have shifted very much from Bluey to Scottish trad and pipes 😂🏴
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Well, the Spotify wrappy-up-thingy shows two things. 1. My efforts to purge the 7-year old from my account have had limited success; and 2. his tastes have shifted very much from Bluey to Scottish trad and pipes 😂🏴
Reposted by Andy Williamson
Our hardback Christmas and Winter anthology adorning the Christmas tree.
Packed with festive, poetic gems!
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
Packed with festive, poetic gems!
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Our hardback Christmas and Winter anthology adorning the Christmas tree.
Packed with festive, poetic gems!
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
Packed with festive, poetic gems!
www.blackboughpoetry.com/news
Here's a fabulous list of poetry to buy for Christmas (or any other day of the year, tbh)!
Well, here we are. The very first edition of The Book Bag Christmas List. Created in part by your recommendations. This week there's the list, opportunities, news and some festive fun and goodies. Grab yourself a drink and settle in this might take a while. Feel free to share with ...
The Book Bag Christmas Gift Guide 2025
Welcome one and all to The Book Bag Christmas Gift List 2025. How has your week been? Are you feeling festive yet? I’ve compiled this list based on reader suggestions and some personal favourites of mine to give some gift inspiration for the festive season. Another reason was to share and support your favourite poets and presses by buying books. So, to tenuously misquote one of my favourite Christmas songs, let’s step into this extensive Christmas Gift list. I’ll also drop in a festive playlist and some more festive goodies. I ho ho hope you enjoy…
paulwritespoems.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here's a fabulous list of poetry to buy for Christmas (or any other day of the year, tbh)!
Here's a poem from my new collection. I think it works for @victoriaspires.bsky.social excellent #promptcombo #ThisPoem
The original is waiting here, in case you'd like a copy 😀 www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-... (you'll also find it on Amazon)
The original is waiting here, in case you'd like a copy 😀 www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-... (you'll also find it on Amazon)
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here's a poem from my new collection. I think it works for @victoriaspires.bsky.social excellent #promptcombo #ThisPoem
The original is waiting here, in case you'd like a copy 😀 www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-... (you'll also find it on Amazon)
The original is waiting here, in case you'd like a copy 😀 www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-... (you'll also find it on Amazon)
Delighted to see the Maturity Framework for AI in Parliaments launch at the AI in Parliaments event in Malaysia, something I've been working on for the last six months! In English here (French and Spanish to follow soon): www.ipu.org/resources/pu...
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Delighted to see the Maturity Framework for AI in Parliaments launch at the AI in Parliaments event in Malaysia, something I've been working on for the last six months! In English here (French and Spanish to follow soon): www.ipu.org/resources/pu...
Here's my second poem written for #poemsabout #nofuture, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt, a bit of a tricky one for me! #poems #poetry
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here's my second poem written for #poemsabout #nofuture, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt, a bit of a tricky one for me! #poems #poetry
A tricky @poemsabout this week, but in the end I wrote two poems for #nofuture. Here's the first, a wee bit tongue-in-cheek, perhaps! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetry
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A tricky @poemsabout this week, but in the end I wrote two poems for #nofuture. Here's the first, a wee bit tongue-in-cheek, perhaps! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetry
Reposted by Andy Williamson
I just read through the #PoemsAbout #dogtag posts from the weekend. some great stuff. I didn't contribute this week. Been busy preparing poetry for the Leeds Song Festival. I've been teamed up with a composer for a performance next April. We were asked to tag it on our social media so heres a tag.
Home - Leeds Song
Filling the city with song since 2004
www.leedssong.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I just read through the #PoemsAbout #dogtag posts from the weekend. some great stuff. I didn't contribute this week. Been busy preparing poetry for the Leeds Song Festival. I've been teamed up with a composer for a performance next April. We were asked to tag it on our social media so heres a tag.
The BigDog says it feels like a Monday... #podenco #sighthound
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The BigDog says it feels like a Monday... #podenco #sighthound
Deadlines, deadlines... urgh! Not much time this morning but can't resist this little poem (based on last week's snow!) for #promptcombo #OnRoofs! Thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for the lovely prompt!
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Deadlines, deadlines... urgh! Not much time this morning but can't resist this little poem (based on last week's snow!) for #promptcombo #OnRoofs! Thanks @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for the lovely prompt!
Thanks @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for hosting a great evening!
Super evening at Write Here, Right Now. Prompts went down well I think and have definitely give me things to work on over winter. Back in Jan 2026
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thanks @paulwritespoems.bsky.social for hosting a great evening!
Reposted by Andy Williamson
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Maybe a bit off-script for #poemsabout #dogtags but it's what emerged - a quick poem on names and seasons of a relationship. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetry
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Maybe a bit off-script for #poemsabout #dogtags but it's what emerged - a quick poem on names and seasons of a relationship. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poems #poetry
Reposted by Andy Williamson
Tomorrow we mark the moment: #PoemsAbout #DogTags. Not just war—what we carry, what we’re called. Post from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout or you’ll vanish in the feed. Use Alt Text. Get your prompt boost: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tomorrow we mark the moment: #PoemsAbout #DogTags. Not just war—what we carry, what we’re called. Post from Friday. Tag #PoemsAbout or you’ll vanish in the feed. Use Alt Text. Get your prompt boost: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
How's the weather where you are? Beautiful, crisp and cold. Plenty of snow (photo is the view from my study window taken just now)
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How's the weather where you are? Beautiful, crisp and cold. Plenty of snow (photo is the view from my study window taken just now)
Reposted by Andy Williamson
🚨🚨🚨The Final Countdown🚨🚨🚨
Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
paulwritespoems.com/2025/10/17/t...
#poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout
Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
paulwritespoems.com/2025/10/17/t...
#poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🚨🚨🚨The Final Countdown🚨🚨🚨
Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
paulwritespoems.com/2025/10/17/t...
#poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout
Support Poets, Presses, Give Gift Ideas to Fellow Poetics.
What collections/anthologies/pamphlets, chapbooks/zines would you recommend as a Christmas Gift?
paulwritespoems.com/2025/10/17/t...
#poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout
Reposted by Andy Williamson
Excited that my new #poetry collection, 'Through salt-heavy seas' is out! This book marks a milestone for me, so I'm delighted to see it in print! DM me if you'd like to review it!
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
Through salt-heavy seas
Through salt-heavy seas navigates the emotional geography of displacement and belonging, weaving together the coastlines of Aotearoa New Zealand, the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and the mountains ...
www.lulu.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited that my new #poetry collection, 'Through salt-heavy seas' is out! This book marks a milestone for me, so I'm delighted to see it in print! DM me if you'd like to review it!
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
Get it here: www.lulu.com/shop/andrew-...
#writingcommunity #poems #scottishpoetry #PublishingScotland #booksy
Reposted by Andy Williamson
#PoemsAbout #DogTags drops Friday. Write into memory, sacrifice, names etched or erased. Tags on a chain, weight on a neck. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Always tag it right. Prompts hit inboxes Saturdays: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#PoemsAbout #DogTags drops Friday. Write into memory, sacrifice, names etched or erased. Tags on a chain, weight on a neck. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Always tag it right. Prompts hit inboxes Saturdays: shorturl.at/0Xm7A
Reposted by Andy Williamson
Enormously pleased to host
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Enormously pleased to host
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
#PromptCombo this week. Theme is #NorthStar
Here's my poem 'Navigating a Wilderness' to kick us off.
Tag me & use the hastags to get involved, open till Friday!
@victoriaspires.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @rfsmith.bsky.social @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social
Thanks to @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for the wonderful #promptcombo #northstar. I've taken this to where stars are less certain: Matariki (Pleiades) rise in Aotearoa's mid-winter marking the New Year. Stars in the southern skies aren't fixed like in the north. Think decolonisation of knowledge!
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Thanks to @dragonslayerma.bsky.social for the wonderful #promptcombo #northstar. I've taken this to where stars are less certain: Matariki (Pleiades) rise in Aotearoa's mid-winter marking the New Year. Stars in the southern skies aren't fixed like in the north. Think decolonisation of knowledge!
An lovely afternoon stroll, still ice on the lochan as the sun goes down #lochandubha #isleofskye
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An lovely afternoon stroll, still ice on the lochan as the sun goes down #lochandubha #isleofskye
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM