A brilliant day at First Hampden for @hugemcm.bsky.social creative writing workshop—words inspired by the ground where legends once ran. See www.footballsquaremile.com

Writing and football: our national arts, come together to celebrate friendship, creativity & community for #bookweekscotland

Our first #BookWeekScotland fixture kicked off at the original Hampden Park, where poet Donna Matthew coached Holyrood Secondary students into top writing form.

This creative squad proved that stories, like friendship and football, bring us together in the heart of www.footballssquaremile.com

@hugemcm.bsky.social, our HC Curator, latest pick for the World Home of Football Poetry is this moving commentary by Gayle Smith on the death of the legendary Jock Stein on the 10th September at Cardiff Arms Park, ...

1/3 The latest poem selected by @hugemcm.bsky.social for the World Home of Football Poetry is 'Sam's Finest Hour' by Ian Goudie aka The Killie Poet. Hugh Says ‘In this powerful poem Ian Goudie delves back into the days of Lugar Boswell and Killie’s fantastic cup victory of 1929 over Rangers...

The latest poem selected by @hugemcm.bsky.social , our HC Curator, for the World Home of Poetry is 'Changing Times' by John Daly. Hugh says...

@hugemcm.bsky.social , our HC Curator, adds 'Cathkin Park' by Calum Ewen to the World Home of Football Poetry.

Hugh says ‘Football grounds and the ghosts of football grounds and the ghosts of the folk who stood there with their coats drawn up against the rain or sleet. Cathkin Park...

Our HC curator, @hugemcm.bsky.social with his Renga update...

“I’m a Bear with some flair,
not a Hun in the sun”

Rare poetic genius from a gentleman I was sitting with on Sunday outside the pub in George Square.

@hugemcm.bsky.social , our HC curator, has chosen 'Scotty' by Dave Mckay to be placed in the one and only 'World Home of Football Poetry'. Here's Hugh joining in with Dave on their love of Hibs and Hibs Players...

1/3 @hugemcm.bsky.social, Our HC Curator describes the latest poem to enter the world home of football poetry as 'sheer mad genuis'. What a brilliant accolade for Stuart Irving and his poem 'Del's Barbarcue'. Read on for @hugemcm.bsky.social's review of Stuart's poem...

2/2 'Here’s to the nostalgia lovers, the hankerers back, the follicly challenged, the dreamers. I’m one! But football goes on! And that is wonderful too no matter how much we moan about the old days. I suppose we’re creating old days now for the young! Great poem Stuart!'

The fourth poem highlighting the seventh anniversary of the Hampden Collection is by the current Hampden Collection curator @hugemcm.bsky.social , where he contemplates the ghosts of long gone supporters gathered still in the ghost of Cathkin Park.

Gabrielle Barnby, our #brawwords Curator, selects poems by Jasper and Zoohan to join our young poets team @ hampdencollection.com/braw-words/ Gaby describes Jasper's poem as 'brilliant, punchy rhythm' and says Zoohan's is 'utterly tremendous - it rhymes better than anything I can muster!'

Today, our makar Donna Matthew chooses a poem by Aengus O'Dagda, which highlights all our respect and pride for Clare Emslie.

Aengus says

'We have nothing but respect
for you for trying, for wearing
our colours with pride'

See all our poems @
hampdencollection.com/swntpoetssoc...

Our latest Hampden Collection poetry project with Scottish Schools FA ...
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