The latest #theweesparrow anthology has landed! Meet my meditative frog and various other poetical beasts, all proceeds to good causes. Thanks to #marcellenewbold and #bronwenrevans for all their work in putting this together. Read more at sites.google.com/view/wwwthewee…

Very happy to say that I am one of those poets! My Frog will be sitting very still amongst many other beasts in this anthology #animalpoems #weesparrowpress #linesofcommunication

I was reminded today I'm meant to promote my poetry sequence here. It's just been published in a 2nd edition by Poetry Salzburg:

www.poetrysalzburg.com/medea.htm

It's about the vengeful rage of Medea whom no one listens to, and about political violence. So more relevant than when I wrote it, alas.

Very happy to announce that a poem of mine has been highly commended in the Write Out Loud competition, judged by Neil Astley of @BloodaxeBooks. Congrats to the winners and other commended poems! You can read all about it here: www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...
#writeoutloud #poetry #bloodaxe

Here's the poem of mine, Five Fields, that won the 2025 #MoleculesUnlimited prize. It was fun to write, I hope it's fun to read! #scienceandpoetry #prizewinningpoems

Of the many gems in Hollis' The Wasteland: Biography of a Poem, Pound challenging a proponent of Georgian poetry to a duel is so far the shiniest

I've been told that years in Italy has done strange things to my Scottish accent: judge for yourselves by listening to two of my poems, in some great company, at open.spotify.com/episode/4FYB... or poetryworthhearing.biz Many thanks again to Poetry Worth Hearing!

Hear ye (literally)! Two of my poems on the subject of Rules will be appearing soon on Poetry Worth Hearing! Splendid news. www.poetryworthhearing.biz #poetry #poetrycommunity #ekphrasticpoetry #poetryworthhearing

Just broke the poetry competition duck with a win in the second Molecules Unlimited comp for my poem Five Fields. Woohoo! www.facebook.com/share/p/15ZB...

And then you suddenly remember that there is such a thing as Julian Cope

Splendid news: my poem, Five Fields, has been shortlisted for the Molecules Unlimited prize, judged by @imtiazdharker.bsky.social
Really looking forward to the online readings on the 12th March!

Here's a poem of mine from Top Tweet Tuesday, hosted on X by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social So many good writers and poems every Tuesday!

Since the internet has gone all Greek, here's my tuppence worth, from the lovely limited edition printed by Rum Do in Venice. #poetry #scottishpoets #writerscommunity #poetrylovers #greekmythology #medusa #sonnets

This older poem was recently printed in a lovely limited edition by Rum Do Press in Venice. In memory of my grandfather, Calum Marshall.