James Mcconachie
@jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social
Poet, apparently. Forward Prize, BOTN and Pushcart nom. Occasional horseman, remote rural Spain. Words in blackbough, iambapoet, eatthestorms, Modron, Madrid Review, Bad Lilies, Dark Mountain project and more.
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Sledge I made for kids ~ 12 years ago or more. Once the snow through the almond trees was compact, it went like a piano falling out of a window.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Sledge I made for kids ~ 12 years ago or more. Once the snow through the almond trees was compact, it went like a piano falling out of a window.
Worth squinting for; The Abduction - Stanley Kunitz
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Worth squinting for; The Abduction - Stanley Kunitz
My friend the lovely Dutch influencer Esra Dekker is making a bag for me from reclaimed saddle leather. The straps and buckles are from the stirrup leather and girth pull.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My friend the lovely Dutch influencer Esra Dekker is making a bag for me from reclaimed saddle leather. The straps and buckles are from the stirrup leather and girth pull.
Beautiful warm morning. Surveying the rack and ruin of the garden, astonishing to see tomatoes and courgettes flowering and fruiting. Potatoes I must have missed sprouting again, after the rain. Water on for my neighbour’s cows, moving into my bottom field here to finish off the sorghum.
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Beautiful warm morning. Surveying the rack and ruin of the garden, astonishing to see tomatoes and courgettes flowering and fruiting. Potatoes I must have missed sprouting again, after the rain. Water on for my neighbour’s cows, moving into my bottom field here to finish off the sorghum.
Out with the winter drip. Best piece of clothing I possess, bought in Tangiers, 1990
November 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Out with the winter drip. Best piece of clothing I possess, bought in Tangiers, 1990
Roddy Lumsden
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Roddy Lumsden
Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social
Egun on, my friends. It’s Tuesday, let this Basque chap cheer you up. It’s guaranteed. They got apples and squashes and a fearsome rotavator. Riches indeed.
November 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Egun on, my friends. It’s Tuesday, let this Basque chap cheer you up. It’s guaranteed. They got apples and squashes and a fearsome rotavator. Riches indeed.
La Pesquera, 5km del Pantano de Pena.
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
La Pesquera, 5km del Pantano de Pena.
Turned into a fairly brutal hike.
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Turned into a fairly brutal hike.
I always forget how pretty Peñarroya de Tastavins is. On my way up to the Rocas de Masmut.
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I always forget how pretty Peñarroya de Tastavins is. On my way up to the Rocas de Masmut.
So I was cooking macaroni and some of the little tubes clumped together and gave me the heebeejeebies. IYKYK
‘Trypophobia’
‘Trypophobia’
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So I was cooking macaroni and some of the little tubes clumped together and gave me the heebeejeebies. IYKYK
‘Trypophobia’
‘Trypophobia’
Who read these to their kids?
Max Velthuijs. Thinking of writing a Substack about them.
Max Velthuijs. Thinking of writing a Substack about them.
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Who read these to their kids?
Max Velthuijs. Thinking of writing a Substack about them.
Max Velthuijs. Thinking of writing a Substack about them.
Eyup. Found and fettled this old thing. #PoemsAbout #Blood with thanks to
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poets #poetry
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poets #poetry
October 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Eyup. Found and fettled this old thing. #PoemsAbout #Blood with thanks to
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poets #poetry
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#poets #poetry
Jeezus. Carlos Mazón at the state funeral for the victims of the Valencia floods. A torrent of shouted curses; rat, coward, ill-born, son of a bitch, murderer…. to much applause…he looked broken. Surely he can’t stick it out any longer. Malparít..
October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Jeezus. Carlos Mazón at the state funeral for the victims of the Valencia floods. A torrent of shouted curses; rat, coward, ill-born, son of a bitch, murderer…. to much applause…he looked broken. Surely he can’t stick it out any longer. Malparít..
Things are like other things.
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Things are like other things.
White beans with some last bits and bobs from the huerto and some dodgy old salchichón. A hunk of potato, rosemary and black olive fougasse, bc I had those things. Damn. Just what you want on a windy day.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
White beans with some last bits and bobs from the huerto and some dodgy old salchichón. A hunk of potato, rosemary and black olive fougasse, bc I had those things. Damn. Just what you want on a windy day.
Little poetry fillum. ‘Hungry Country’
October 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Little poetry fillum. ‘Hungry Country’
Fun. Though someone broke into the car while we were horsing around and stole my..everything. A few years ago mind.
Platja d’Eucaliptus, Delta de l’Ebre.
Platja d’Eucaliptus, Delta de l’Ebre.
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fun. Though someone broke into the car while we were horsing around and stole my..everything. A few years ago mind.
Platja d’Eucaliptus, Delta de l’Ebre.
Platja d’Eucaliptus, Delta de l’Ebre.
Oh no. Without Downloading new pics, what's it like dating you?
October 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh no. Without Downloading new pics, what's it like dating you?
Let’s try that again.
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Let’s try that again.
Thought I’d read a poem for you, because why not? I mean, what are we doing here?
‘Fertile Crescent’
‘Fertile Crescent’
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Thought I’d read a poem for you, because why not? I mean, what are we doing here?
‘Fertile Crescent’
‘Fertile Crescent’