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#scotstober Day 26 - beelin - to be angry, festering unnerfit autumn is beelin wi life leafs rottit an foosty glaur and aipples boun tae burst

New post on the Thistle Wren blog. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/10/thi-... #thistlewren #scotstober #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

#scotstober Day 25 jimp - to jump thi clock jimps back an ah wake wi a gift an oor untrauchled bi mah wirries

#scotstober Day 21 birl - to spin around mah heid is birlin whit tae dae wi yer wirds an mah birslin anger

Tough week, so I'm behind on #scotstober Day 23 scunnert - fed up, disgusted ahm scunnert in thi wey we tramp ower thi warld lik it awes us sumthin how we tramp ower ithers

Some semblance of silence, an obsession with ephemera and more with @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social 4/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/10/poet...

New post on the Thistle Wren blog. #scotstober #poetrybloggingnetwork #thistlewren thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/10/scot...

#scotstober Day 18 - wrang - wrong, incorrect smitched wi autumn amh drawn wrang i thi city av gowd and crisp-blae ahm thi shaddae-hauf

#scotstober Day 17 - flech - a flea or a restless person flechin - to be restless mah hert unsattelt flechin at thi sicht of thi sun trinnlin doon yer jaw ah mind yer wairmth Image by my son.

#scotstober Day 15 - quine - a young woman or girl ahm no a quine no a carline no a wifie naebody cries me hen or missus ahm a wummin an auld soul a new soul a body in mah body

#scotstober Day 14 - deave/deeve - to annoy, to deafen murrin at mah feet ah can maistly forget she wis deavin me fur fuid i thi wee oors

This week in the poetry blogs w/ @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @risaden.bsky.social @victoriaspires.bsky.social @ren-powell.bsky.social @lisamariebasile.bsky.social @briankspears.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social @rmhaines.bsky.social 1/4 www.vianegativa.us/2026/10/poet...

#scotstober Day 13 - stroop/stroup - a spout thi caul leavin mah banes lik thi hush frae thi kettle's stroup

#scotstober Day 11 jalouse - to suspect, to think few wad jalouse thi mirk in me tae bite doon on its cauld steel ainly tae taste licht hinnied-sweet

I forgot about #scotstober this year. Thanks to @leftpeggers.bsky.social for the list this year. For the uninitiated - Everyday in October a Scots word is introduced. I write snippets of poetry. Day 10 - girse - grass thi scrab aiples rottit oan thi girse birsin unnerfit thi juice av October

New post on the blog - Gods in the Undergrowth thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-... #thistlewren #poetrybloggingnetwork #poetryblogger

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New post on the blog. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-nu... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

Performing poems in care homes, being the forbidden lover of a prince & other adventures @jannoble.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social @sbpoet.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...

New post on the Thistle Wren blog, looking at Ithaka and memory. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/mind... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @encyclopaediac.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...

New post on the Thistle Wren blog - my AI debate continues. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/08/do-i... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork (sorry new link and image, but same post)

Nolan's Odyssey & more w/ @victoriamoul.bsky.social @sallythomasnc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @jannoble.bsky.social @adamcairnspoet.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social 2/2 www.vianegativa.us/2026/07/poet...

New post on the blog - Slow Summer Urgency. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/07/slow... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

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New post on the blog, Collecting the Collections. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/06/coll... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

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New post on the blog, beginning of summer. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/06/writ... #poetryblogger #thistlewren #poetrybloggingnetwork

4/4 @dylan20.bsky.social @andotheritems.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @saudaminideo.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2026/03/poet...

New post on the Thistle Wren blog: thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/03/wall... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social for sharing these posts. Always great to see what other poets are doing.

New post on the blog: my 2025 writing stats. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/02/swee... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

New post on the Thistle Wren blog: AI Trigger Warning. #aidebate #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork #thistlewren thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/01/ai-t...

The first poetry blog digest of 2026 with @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @matthewepaul.bsky.social @kerstenak.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @pearlpoet.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/01/poet...

New post on the blog: Scottish Book Tour 2025. #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork thistlewren.blogspot.com/2026/01/scot...

I'm excited to share and be a part of the 2025 Helsinki Writers Group Anthology. Check it out. #helsinkiwritersgroup www.helsinkiwriters.com/anthology/?f...

Reading poetry to pigs, yellow stretchy man, the canon of spiteful literature, & other curiosities w/ @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @robinhoughton.bsky.social @rebeccaloudon.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/08/poet...

New post on the blog: A Summer Ending. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-su... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

Thanks @davebonta.bsky.social for collecting these blogs and sharing them. Honoured to be a part of it.

New post on the blog: thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

Thanks for sharing @davebonta.bsky.social

New post on my Thistle Wren blog: Midsummer. #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/06/mids...

Went onto the porch today to write - sometimes I write by peeling paint off my old picnic table. The sharpened blade of the scraper catching on any loose thoughts, revealing beneath the raw, true colours. Any unwanted thoughts are stripped away and blown off by the wind.

The task of silence, skies of spit & more w/ @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @andotheritems.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social @timlovewriter.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/06/poet...

New post on the Thistle Wren blog: thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/06/lazy... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

New post on my Thistle Wren blog. thistlewren.blogspot.com/2025/06/expr... #thistlewren #poetryblogger #poetrybloggingnetwork

Poets in "the crosshairs of the present" @webbish6.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/05/poet...