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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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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
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 ...
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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
The BigDog says it feels like a Monday... #podenco #sighthound
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 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!
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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
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For #PoemsAbout #DogTags here is ‘Memorial Service’

Will catch up later @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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
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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
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
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🚨🚨🚨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?

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#poetrycommunity #poets #poemsAbout
November 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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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
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
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#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
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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
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 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!
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
An lovely afternoon stroll, still ice on the lochan as the sun goes down #lochandubha #isleofskye
November 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Cold and crisp morning, lovely day to be out with BigDog #scotland #isleofskye #podenco
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Our lovely little Procedure Browsable Space, freshly decked out in corporate colours. One for fans of the UK Parliament’s statutory instrument and treaty procedures

api.parliament.uk/procedure-br...
Procedure Browser
Procedure Browser makes available data for instruments subject to parliamentary procedure, compiled by the House of Commons Library.
api.parliament.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This old poem always makes me smile. Any excuse to share it again so here's a second poem for this week's #poemsabout #desire #poetry #poems. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 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
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
A wee contribution to this week's #poemsabout #desire. Short, simple, an old poem re-written, nice to revisit it. Thanks everyone for the wonderful sharing, particularly thinking of @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Poets, are you ready?

Full details here: paulwritespoems.com/2025/09/08/t...
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This week was #RemembranceDay. Today is the anniversary of my Great Uncle's death in the early morning of November 13th on a battlefield on the Somme. He died along with another 240 men of the Shropshire Light Infantry. I wrote this for him so I don't forget #poems #poetry #blueskypoems #ww1
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Hello everyone, slow of the blocks this week, so I've decided to share a wee poem I wrote a long time ago for #promptcombo and @hool415.bsky.social's prompt of #workinglove. Thanks Ju for hosting and everyone else for being so inspiring! #poems #poetry
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Something very rough and ready for #poemsabout #lockeddoors, definitely a work in progress! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk and everyone who keeps this wonderful thing going!
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This week isn’t about escape. It’s about what stays shut.
Secrets with a latch. Regret with a bolt.
Write the room you can’t re-enter. The letter never sent.
Tag your post. Use Alt Text. Share from Friday.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Found this lurking in the kitchen this morning... an Ender dragon, apparently. Hopefully it's friendly (it did have Shreddies for breakfast)... #halloween #samhain
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM