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#poets #poetry community #poetry lovers get your pitching pencils sharpened The Wee Gaitherin Scotland's most democratic #poetry #festival by the sea is opening up for submissions on Sunday 21 April. Want to share your fine words in the warmest company? Like & follow for updates, do 👇

Looking forward to attending the online Festival of Creativity over the next couple of days. This digital exhibition and collaboration kicks of the event beautifully! ⬇️ We are happy to take late registrations for UHI and external participants.LTA at UHI

Another fabulous gathering of poems at the Scottish Highlands and Islands Poetry Society SHIPS open mic last week. Details of the wonderful evening of words and everything the group is up to here: facebook.com/ScotHIPs

The Three Hampden Parks showcased via the Scottish Cup. Beautiful stuff!

The best way to celebrate #WorldPoetryDay2024 was of course to write a poem! Why not share this link to anyone and everyone who loves #poetry and #football

And the curtain comes down on an auspicious day. The 150th anniversary of the first #ScottishCupFinal celebrated in true #Fitba150 style.

Three Events. Three Hampdens. The best Hampden Collection.

Thanks Folks!

The back wall of Hampden Bowling Club in 2015. The revered 'Football historians' didn't believe their story. Now it's part of the world's biggest open-air football museum.

Historians didn't create it. We did. Through blood, sweat and tears. Not words. 🌳

#FootballsSquareMile

Bright and bonny in #stromness #orkney this morning- George MacKay Brown centenary collaboration with artist Orla Stevens looking fabulous

Looking forward to a fantastic Scottish Highlands and Islands Poetry Society open mic tomorrow, 7.00pm. Details facebook.com/ScotHIPs/ #poetry #Scotland #gathering

2/2 hugh mcmillan says 'you can sense the raw feeling in this one, the love hate relationship the fans have for their team’s players. Here’s a paeon of despair and praise for Oli Shaw, as elegiac and passionate as any elegy for our #scotchprofessors of old!'

Stuart's poem...

Brilliant to celebrate #WorldBookDay2024 with Papdale Primary School P5-P7 facilitating creative writing on an Aliens & Football theme...in the end we wrote about running & swimming & stretching & cheerleading. All amazing writers including the parents! 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ #orkney #team

Absolutely amazing. A beautiful cover with amazing poetry inside, and can't wait to buy it.

Definitely check out Julie McNeill - a poet who should be on everyone's football poetry list!

#FootballsSquareMile

A seen a fitba match,
wi the Scotland lassies playin
a frienly international,
Scotland v Finland.

1/2 Our Poet In Chief Julie McNeill has selected a poem called ‘A Different Kinna Fitba’ by Donald Adamson to be added to our SWNT Poets Society

2/2 Remember to send your poems to the World Home of Football Poetry Julie McNeill hugh mcmillan
hampdencollection.com/the-world-home…

Calling all youngsters have a shot at a Team Sheet poem and send them to me 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ for our BRAW WORDS collection. Pls retweet #poetrycommunity #football Culture Collective The Poetry Society Scottish Poetry Library Scottish Book Trust

Check out this team though - 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ where poetry and football are the best of pals

Send your fitba poems to hugh mcmillan and Gabrielle Barnby to become part of this fine collection

BBC Off The Ball The Tartan Scarf 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Tartan Scarf 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Forgotten Football Association for Scottish Literature ScottishWriters

I got passed the ball….so delighted to be 🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotchProfessors 🌍⚽️ where poetry and football kick off #poetrycommunity

I've just posted a new blog with a reflection on my creative workshops 'Merry with flame and song' including a quickly crafted poem from last night's final session. Enjoy :)
gabriellebarnby.com/2024/02/08/win…

Winning and loosing - we all take a turn.

Although I have on authority that the Blue Brazils elevate the art of the loss…

#footballpoetry #poetryfootball