Lynsey Gilmour
@lalapie.bsky.social
Poet, story teller, performer, mam fae Easter Ross.
Infrequently posting on or in poetry, Gaelic, Scots, left wing politics, music, art, Welsh and chicken keeping.
Infrequently posting on or in poetry, Gaelic, Scots, left wing politics, music, art, Welsh and chicken keeping.
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If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth
February 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you are a BLACK INDIE AUTHOR, reply to this tweet with a blurb about your book and a link of where to purchase it. If you are a reader please repost this! #booksky #blackbooksky #diversebooks #blackhistorymonth
I can't do this course, unfortunately, I have other commitments, but having done workshops with @corrintachibana.bsky.social I am certain it will be a wonderful experience.
Excited about teaching this course in 3 weeks time!
#creativewriting
#japaneseculture
#surrealistpoetry
#japanesepoetryforms
#creativewriting
#japaneseculture
#surrealistpoetry
#japanesepoetryforms
Running a lovely 6 week evening poetry writing workshop, ‘Inside Japan’ from Weds Feb 19th.
All new materials inspired by recent trip & The Japan Writers Conference.
£5 off with promo code: BENKYO until January 31st.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-jap...
All new materials inspired by recent trip & The Japan Writers Conference.
£5 off with promo code: BENKYO until January 31st.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-jap...
February 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I can't do this course, unfortunately, I have other commitments, but having done workshops with @corrintachibana.bsky.social I am certain it will be a wonderful experience.
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What was the point of all that defense spending for for all those generations if the most powerful economy and military in world history was just going to be handed over to a single South African national by the host of The Apprentice in one weekend when nobody felt like changing their plans?
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
What was the point of all that defense spending for for all those generations if the most powerful economy and military in world history was just going to be handed over to a single South African national by the host of The Apprentice in one weekend when nobody felt like changing their plans?
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The "first they came..." poem gets quoted and quoted and quoted and quoted and you know what, we do in fact know who they're coming for first, right now, and that is trans people, and the answer needs to be "absolutely the fuck not, you motherfuckers," full stop.
January 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The "first they came..." poem gets quoted and quoted and quoted and quoted and you know what, we do in fact know who they're coming for first, right now, and that is trans people, and the answer needs to be "absolutely the fuck not, you motherfuckers," full stop.
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Remember that fascists want you to feel hopeless and helpless. We are neither. Continue to be a pain in their fucking ass, even if that just means refusing to go away.
January 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Remember that fascists want you to feel hopeless and helpless. We are neither. Continue to be a pain in their fucking ass, even if that just means refusing to go away.
The @iamloudpro.bsky.social guys really knows how to host a slam - Midlands poets, this is bound to be brilliant!
Our next slam heat will be our first ever heat in England, with the tremendous @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social! We couldn't be more excited to debut in Birmingham on 13th February.
Sign up to slam by 1st Feb: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tickets: www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
Sign up to slam by 1st Feb: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Tickets: www.vervepoetryfestival.com/2025-events/...
Loud Poets: Slam Series Birmingham Heat - VERVE Poetry Festival
The Loud Poets Slam Series is back for its third year and it’s going to be bigger than ever!
Loud Poets are partnering with festivals and venues across the UK to find and celebrate the best in spoken ...
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January 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The @iamloudpro.bsky.social guys really knows how to host a slam - Midlands poets, this is bound to be brilliant!
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Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
Friends, a petition I've created to go to Parliament for the protection of Trans Healthcare in the UK has just gone live. If you are in the United Kingdom, please sign and share this. If you are not in the United Kingdom, please share it.
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
#Trans #LGBTQ #UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
January 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Right, you fucks, if you live in the UK sign this. If you don’t live in the UK share it as some of your followers might and they should sign this.
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Re-jailing a 77 year old climate protestor because her wrists are too slender to wear an electronic tag is fatuous. Welcome to a parable about how the people who claim to crave law and order have lost the plot. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/68...
Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system
Gaie Delap is in prison because there are no electronic tags made to fit her. Could the millionaire bosses of the outsourcing company in charge find a...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Re-jailing a 77 year old climate protestor because her wrists are too slender to wear an electronic tag is fatuous. Welcome to a parable about how the people who claim to crave law and order have lost the plot. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/68...
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We have teamed up with Macondo Literary Festival to offer 2 Scottish & 2 Kenyan poets with the unique opportunity of a residency in March at the Turkana Basin Institute.
Supported by British Council Scotland & Creative Scotland.
ffi 👇
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/disrupting-t...
Supported by British Council Scotland & Creative Scotland.
ffi 👇
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/disrupting-t...
Disrupting the Nature Narrative
Macondo Literary Festival and the Scottish Poetry Library invite poets in Kenya and Scotland to apply for a writing stay at the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
December 23, 2024 at 3:17 PM
We have teamed up with Macondo Literary Festival to offer 2 Scottish & 2 Kenyan poets with the unique opportunity of a residency in March at the Turkana Basin Institute.
Supported by British Council Scotland & Creative Scotland.
ffi 👇
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/disrupting-t...
Supported by British Council Scotland & Creative Scotland.
ffi 👇
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/disrupting-t...
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imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"
December 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"
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🏴 On our national day, we celebrate all of Scotland's languages. Today, we launch a Scottish Gaelic poetry resource, Nua-Nòs, introduced by Peter Mackay & featuring Meg Batemen, Angus Peter Campbell, Anna Frater, Babs MacGregor & Alasdair Whyte.
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scottish-gaeli…
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scottish-gaeli…
https://scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scottish-gaeli…
November 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
🏴 On our national day, we celebrate all of Scotland's languages. Today, we launch a Scottish Gaelic poetry resource, Nua-Nòs, introduced by Peter Mackay & featuring Meg Batemen, Angus Peter Campbell, Anna Frater, Babs MacGregor & Alasdair Whyte.
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scottish-gaeli…
scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scottish-gaeli…
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The concept of transgressive joy makes me very happy. Our joy empowers us. Makes us find meaning, purpose, community.
I know that people are hungry for it because I see it everywhere. I can feel it in my bones.
And I see it make a difference. We need to build our joy.
I know that people are hungry for it because I see it everywhere. I can feel it in my bones.
And I see it make a difference. We need to build our joy.
November 24, 2024 at 10:39 PM
The concept of transgressive joy makes me very happy. Our joy empowers us. Makes us find meaning, purpose, community.
I know that people are hungry for it because I see it everywhere. I can feel it in my bones.
And I see it make a difference. We need to build our joy.
I know that people are hungry for it because I see it everywhere. I can feel it in my bones.
And I see it make a difference. We need to build our joy.
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This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
November 24, 2024 at 10:34 PM
This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.