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Our Waking Breath

A Poem-letter from Scotland to Ukraine. Curated by Scotland's Makar Kathleen Jamie from public submissions.
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Best Scottish Poems 2021

Our annual selection of outstanding poems written by Scottish poets and poets living in Scotland writing in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic
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A Woman’s A Woman

A special reworking by Scotland's Makar of Robert Burns’ poem for International Women’s Day, in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Appeals in Ukraine and Afghanistan
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Meet the Roddy Lumsden Memorial mentees

Read four new poems by the new poets selected to be mentored by Niall Campbell.
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Kin Kennings: 25 words for '25

Stirling Makar Laura Fyfe has written a blog about putting poetry and literature into the heart of Stirling's bid for City of Culture 2025.
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Spiorad an àite / Spirit of Place

Spirit of Place is a journey of poetry, dance, film, music and language. A conversation between Ireland and Scotland following on the old routes of Saint Columba.
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Anonymous wis a wumman

Ashley Douglas researched the absences and erasure of women’s voices from the early times of published poetry in Scotland. Ashley also looked at the misattribution and denial of same-sex women’s writing.
Read Ashley's blog

Burns Night: The Trysting Thorns

Creative responses by women to the life and work of Robert Burns
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Developing sensory poetry activity

We partnered with disability support charity Capability Scotland to commission a storyteller and a poet to produce sensory poetry workshops
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Sruth

Tachartasan Làn-Ghàidhlig aig Leabharlann Bàrdachd na h-Alba
Leughaibh Tuilleadh

Makar helps launch the Year of Stories

Kathleen Jamie produced a film to support the launch of Scotland's Year of Stories
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Black poets respond to climate change

We have commissioned new poetry from Black women poets in partnership with Africa in Motion Film Festival and Obsidian Foundation.
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The People of Scotland's Nature Poem

Our national Makar has curated three new collective nature poems, 'The Life-breath Songs'
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What the Clyde said, after COP26

Kathleen Jamie, Scotland's Makar, responds with a new poem to the COP26 Glasgow Climate Change Conference
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