acelticpoet
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acelticpoet
@celticpoet.bsky.social
poet, artist, reader, mythology, storytelling, hard of hearing.
Here's a treat. It has taken ages to find a poem in Cornish

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Kevardhu Kynnyavek | Cornish language poem with English subs
YouTube video by The Cornish Writer
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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Mann read by Stacey Astill
Stacey Astill: 'Mann'
YouTube video by Culture Vannin
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September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here's one of my own for a change. The image is mine taken in Port Patrick, Scotland between lockdowns in 2020.

The humour of the Gods

Thor’s broken necklace
silently admires the sun
winking wickedly.
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Michael Tient raeding a yeats classic
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The Wild Swans at Coole, read by Micheal Tient – Yeats Nobel Centenary
YouTube video by National Library Ireland
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August 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A wonderful ode to the Gower landscape by Natalie Ann Holborow

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Into Gwyr - poet Natalie Holborow artist Simon Page
YouTube video by Studio of Dan Llywelyn Hall
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July 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's Adrian Dunbar from the TV series Bllod reading at funeral of his wife.
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Lake Isle of Innisfree By William Butler Yeats read by Adrian Dunbar
YouTube video by videocurios
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June 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've been recovering from eye surgery which probably needs a few more weeks but I'm back at my desk with this poem in lovely Cornish dialect by Brian Harris.

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'Thinking back a bit' a Cornish dialect poem by Brian Harris
YouTube video by Sarah Chapman
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June 19, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Here's Len Pennie with another wonderful poem in dialect
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I'm no havin children- a poyum by Len Pennie
YouTube video by Miss PunnyPennie
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May 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Blackberry Picking read by the great Seamus Heaney
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Seamus Heaney - Blackberry Picking
YouTube video by Ola Torbiörnson (Poeternas Estrad)
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May 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"Kiss me in a pasty shop with all the ovens on". What a line. I have Ella Frears new collection "Shine Darling". It's magical.

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Ella Frears reads 'Fucking in Cornwall'
YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize
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May 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
You might need to concentrate on the captions but I adore poetry in local dialect. Here's one by Michael Mullen read wonderfully by Kathleen Jamie. A "goonie" by the way, is a nightdress.

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Kathleen Jamie reads Michael Mullen's poem Goonie
YouTube video by ScottishPoetryLib
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April 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I found this really moving.
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An Irish Poem by Angela Keogh
YouTube video by The Harvest Press Ireland
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April 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Here's Jackie Kay reading Threshold at the Scottish Parliament

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Poet Jackie Kay recites her first commission as Scots Makar at Opening Ceremony
YouTube video by The Scottish Parliament
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April 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A viosdit to the Islea of |Man today to hear Bill Quine read To the Cushag's Friend by Josephine Kermode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lA...
'To the Cushag's Friend' by Josephine Kermode, read by Bill Quine
YouTube video by Culture Vannin
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April 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Full Tenderness of Parting', written and read by Morag Anderson

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'The Full Tenderness of Parting', written and read by Morag Anderson
YouTube video by ScottishPoetryLib
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April 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Here's Natalie An Holborow reading her poem "Running" from Oxwich beach on the Gower.
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Modron Magazine: A Poem and Interview with Natalie Ann Holborow
YouTube video by Just Another Poet
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March 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Here's Len Pennie enjoying reading Storytime.

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Storytime- a poyum by Len Pennie
YouTube video by Miss PunnyPennie
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March 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
No celebration of celtic poetry can ignore Dylam Thomas. Here is his reflection on his childhood and the pasing of time. Fern Hill read by Tom O'Bedlam.

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"Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
YouTube video by SpokenVerse
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March 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM