Lynn Valentine
@dizzylynn.bsky.social
Poet and dog mum often lost in the mire of poor mental health. Debut collection, Life’s Stink & Honey #CinnamonPress 2022. Scots Language pamphlet, A Glimmer o Stars @ HedgehogPoetryPress 2021. Working on next collection with #CinnamonPress. She/her
Beautiful Achnahaird Beach
March 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Beautiful Achnahaird Beach
Not a bad spot to be in, sequencing poems for my next collection at the shores of Loch Broom (collection will be published by Cinnamon Press in Spring 2026)
March 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not a bad spot to be in, sequencing poems for my next collection at the shores of Loch Broom (collection will be published by Cinnamon Press in Spring 2026)
Another top Zoom writing hour from @clareshawpoet.bsky.social & @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and these borrowed books arrived in the snowy post - some of the poets that were discussed in writing hours. Thank you Scottish Poetry Library ❤️📚
January 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another top Zoom writing hour from @clareshawpoet.bsky.social & @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social and these borrowed books arrived in the snowy post - some of the poets that were discussed in writing hours. Thank you Scottish Poetry Library ❤️📚
A beautiful walk at Achnahaird Beach - Assynt is so lovely especially with the mountains dusted with snow ❤️
January 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A beautiful walk at Achnahaird Beach - Assynt is so lovely especially with the mountains dusted with snow ❤️
Having a wee break at the shores of Loch Broom - it’s a beautiful winter wonderland - snow still falling ❄️❤️
January 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Having a wee break at the shores of Loch Broom - it’s a beautiful winter wonderland - snow still falling ❄️❤️
Beautiful Ben Wyvis, my neighbour mountain in the Scottish Highlands - sunrise and sunset today ❄️
December 11, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Beautiful Ben Wyvis, my neighbour mountain in the Scottish Highlands - sunrise and sunset today ❄️
These two books on my wee current reading pile are perfectly paired - owls, blackbirds and so much more - memoir and poetry - thank you for nourishing my brain @wendypratt.bsky.social and @pollyrowena.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 6:28 PM
These two books on my wee current reading pile are perfectly paired - owls, blackbirds and so much more - memoir and poetry - thank you for nourishing my brain @wendypratt.bsky.social and @pollyrowena.bsky.social
It is Fibonacci Day - here’s a wonderful poem by Michael Donaghy
November 23, 2024 at 9:04 AM
It is Fibonacci Day - here’s a wonderful poem by Michael Donaghy
And what can be better than books and dogs
November 22, 2024 at 5:12 PM
And what can be better than books and dogs
Woke up in Narnia aka the Black Isle #snow #highlands
November 21, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Woke up in Narnia aka the Black Isle #snow #highlands
Good morning from the snowy Highlands ☃️❄️
November 20, 2024 at 8:34 AM
Good morning from the snowy Highlands ☃️❄️
A Sunday back ‘home, home’ - the gorgeous Lunan Bay beach in Angus, Scotland 💛
November 17, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A Sunday back ‘home, home’ - the gorgeous Lunan Bay beach in Angus, Scotland 💛
New writing courses are up at #MoniackMhor for next year - online and residential. I’ve attended a fair few and they are brilliant. Signed up for the Helen Mort and @johnglenday.bsky.social course - see some of you poets there?
November 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
New writing courses are up at #MoniackMhor for next year - online and residential. I’ve attended a fair few and they are brilliant. Signed up for the Helen Mort and @johnglenday.bsky.social course - see some of you poets there?
After weeks of lurgy the dogs and me made it to our local beach (Chanonry Point, Highlands). It was glorious 💛🖤🌊🌞
November 12, 2024 at 2:56 PM
After weeks of lurgy the dogs and me made it to our local beach (Chanonry Point, Highlands). It was glorious 💛🖤🌊🌞
What a night at St Mungos Mirrorball - zooming in - my favourite poet headlining - Niall Campbell
November 8, 2024 at 8:46 PM
What a night at St Mungos Mirrorball - zooming in - my favourite poet headlining - Niall Campbell
Flo checking in for Friday. She is my absolute lifesaver but deteriorating in her senior years. She’s a great poetry listener too, always my go to when I’m reading a new poem out loud 🖤
November 8, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Flo checking in for Friday. She is my absolute lifesaver but deteriorating in her senior years. She’s a great poetry listener too, always my go to when I’m reading a new poem out loud 🖤
Hoping for some light at the end of the tunnel. This was ‘my’ wee Highland woods this morning 🍂
November 7, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Hoping for some light at the end of the tunnel. This was ‘my’ wee Highland woods this morning 🍂
In one of our favourite places - a few days away in beautiful Argyll ❤️💛🖤
August 22, 2024 at 6:04 PM
In one of our favourite places - a few days away in beautiful Argyll ❤️💛🖤
Yay a poetry acceptance yesterday and sun in the north for a beach walk - Flo n Summer helping themselves to the high tide sushi bar
August 14, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Yay a poetry acceptance yesterday and sun in the north for a beach walk - Flo n Summer helping themselves to the high tide sushi bar
Trying to get the hang of this blue sky again now that the beloved bird seems to have been burned. Here’s a Highland red sky from the other night.
August 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Trying to get the hang of this blue sky again now that the beloved bird seems to have been burned. Here’s a Highland red sky from the other night.
Haven’t been on here for ages - seeking sympathy for cracked ribs and a sore leg! Had a spectacular fall a few days ago so on prescription drugs but they aren’t really cutting it. Send hugs! Here’s Summer with snowdrops at Rosehaugh Estate in the Black Isle x
February 10, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Haven’t been on here for ages - seeking sympathy for cracked ribs and a sore leg! Had a spectacular fall a few days ago so on prescription drugs but they aren’t really cutting it. Send hugs! Here’s Summer with snowdrops at Rosehaugh Estate in the Black Isle x
A beautiful icy walk to Loch Glass and the Pink House this morning. Slightly took the sting out of my first poetry rejection of the year.
January 7, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A beautiful icy walk to Loch Glass and the Pink House this morning. Slightly took the sting out of my first poetry rejection of the year.
Happy Hogmanay from my wee Highland corner (with added dolphins today). I hope 2024 is kind to you.
December 31, 2023 at 1:04 PM
Happy Hogmanay from my wee Highland corner (with added dolphins today). I hope 2024 is kind to you.
On this shortest of days in my wee Highland corner, how lovely to see my first rainbow cloud from the living-room window. I’m too ill to venture out but this brightened the afternoon
December 21, 2023 at 3:41 PM
On this shortest of days in my wee Highland corner, how lovely to see my first rainbow cloud from the living-room window. I’m too ill to venture out but this brightened the afternoon
I have Covid / don’t know if I’ll make home for Christmas/ then I moaned on the other place and an exiled Ukrainian poet pal wished me well - what right do I have for moaning. Then a pal is having her dog being put to sleep tomorrow. I loved him. I’ll stop moaning. Sending hugs to everyone I can x
December 20, 2023 at 8:22 PM
I have Covid / don’t know if I’ll make home for Christmas/ then I moaned on the other place and an exiled Ukrainian poet pal wished me well - what right do I have for moaning. Then a pal is having her dog being put to sleep tomorrow. I loved him. I’ll stop moaning. Sending hugs to everyone I can x