Stephen Watt Poet
@stephenwattpoet.bsky.social
Poetry Editor for Nutmeg Magazine. Winner of inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize (Open category). Author of 5 poetry collections. Editor of 2 punk poetry collections for the Joe Strummer Foundation and Buzzcocks.
I wasn’t the only visitor to the Scottish Poetry Rose Garden in Shawlands this morning.
Stunning green place, full of wonder… magpies, squirrels, and imagination.
Stunning green place, full of wonder… magpies, squirrels, and imagination.
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I wasn’t the only visitor to the Scottish Poetry Rose Garden in Shawlands this morning.
Stunning green place, full of wonder… magpies, squirrels, and imagination.
Stunning green place, full of wonder… magpies, squirrels, and imagination.
Great to be back in Glasgow tonight to catch the wonderful VLURE at Glasgow School of Art.
Particularly fond of this shot taken during support band Mercy Girl’s set.
Particularly fond of this shot taken during support band Mercy Girl’s set.
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Great to be back in Glasgow tonight to catch the wonderful VLURE at Glasgow School of Art.
Particularly fond of this shot taken during support band Mercy Girl’s set.
Particularly fond of this shot taken during support band Mercy Girl’s set.
Greatly enjoyable night discussing Glasgow’s spoken word scene, backstage with John Cooper-Clarke, & the absence of crime poetry in general on the Glasgow Sessions podcast. This isn’t available to listen to until early 2026 but you can listen to previous episodes below.
glasgowsessions.podbean.com
glasgowsessions.podbean.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Greatly enjoyable night discussing Glasgow’s spoken word scene, backstage with John Cooper-Clarke, & the absence of crime poetry in general on the Glasgow Sessions podcast. This isn’t available to listen to until early 2026 but you can listen to previous episodes below.
glasgowsessions.podbean.com
glasgowsessions.podbean.com
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🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
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AYE WRITE FESTIVAL
Another Aye Write event this weekend that might appeal to poets: an Open Mic night at the Mitchell Library on Friday 7th Nov orgainsed by the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
FREE although tickets should be booked through Aye Write website (£1.50)
Another Aye Write event this weekend that might appeal to poets: an Open Mic night at the Mitchell Library on Friday 7th Nov orgainsed by the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
FREE although tickets should be booked through Aye Write website (£1.50)
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
AYE WRITE FESTIVAL
Another Aye Write event this weekend that might appeal to poets: an Open Mic night at the Mitchell Library on Friday 7th Nov orgainsed by the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
FREE although tickets should be booked through Aye Write website (£1.50)
Another Aye Write event this weekend that might appeal to poets: an Open Mic night at the Mitchell Library on Friday 7th Nov orgainsed by the Federation of Writers (Scotland).
FREE although tickets should be booked through Aye Write website (£1.50)
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Katy Lironi will be appearing at Aye Write/ Glasgow Book Festival on Thurs 13th Nov as part of the ACTION TIME VISION event. Grant McPhee & Douglas MacIntyre will also be appearing, alongwith Nicola Meighan to discuss DIY ethos from punk to present.
Tix: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
Tix: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Katy Lironi will be appearing at Aye Write/ Glasgow Book Festival on Thurs 13th Nov as part of the ACTION TIME VISION event. Grant McPhee & Douglas MacIntyre will also be appearing, alongwith Nicola Meighan to discuss DIY ethos from punk to present.
Tix: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
Tix: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
I entirely support this movement.
As the piece below articulates, these were people subjected to hokum & gossip which led to their lives being taken from them.
I’ll be attending a workshop on this subject matter, & support any memorial being created in their memory.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As the piece below articulates, these were people subjected to hokum & gossip which led to their lives being taken from them.
I’ll be attending a workshop on this subject matter, & support any memorial being created in their memory.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Witches of Dumbarton - tortured, executed and falsely accused
More than two dozen people in the town were accused and tortured in the belief that they were doing Satan's bidding.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I entirely support this movement.
As the piece below articulates, these were people subjected to hokum & gossip which led to their lives being taken from them.
I’ll be attending a workshop on this subject matter, & support any memorial being created in their memory.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As the piece below articulates, these were people subjected to hokum & gossip which led to their lives being taken from them.
I’ll be attending a workshop on this subject matter, & support any memorial being created in their memory.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ACTION TIME VISION.
Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi, Douglas MacIntyre, and Nicola Meighan will be appearing at Aye Write (Glasgow Book Festival) on Thurs 13th Nov at the Mitchell Library discussing the DIY music aesthetic 1976-present.
TICKETS:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi, Douglas MacIntyre, and Nicola Meighan will be appearing at Aye Write (Glasgow Book Festival) on Thurs 13th Nov at the Mitchell Library discussing the DIY music aesthetic 1976-present.
TICKETS:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ACTION TIME VISION.
Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi, Douglas MacIntyre, and Nicola Meighan will be appearing at Aye Write (Glasgow Book Festival) on Thurs 13th Nov at the Mitchell Library discussing the DIY music aesthetic 1976-present.
TICKETS:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
Grant McPhee, Katy Lironi, Douglas MacIntyre, and Nicola Meighan will be appearing at Aye Write (Glasgow Book Festival) on Thurs 13th Nov at the Mitchell Library discussing the DIY music aesthetic 1976-present.
TICKETS:
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/acti...
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Still time to get your tickets for this event at Glasgow's
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...
Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert - Glasgow Life
Aye Write 2025 presents Words from Whaleback City: Andy Jackson & Bill Herbert
www.glasgowlife.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Still time to get your tickets for this event at Glasgow's
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...
@AyeWrite festival on Friday 7th November - Bill Herbert and myself with some fantastic poetry! Just £6.72 for an evening's entertainment...
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/word...
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1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball Many of you will have noticed the media reports about the possible death of Hampden Bowling Club. Disclosure: I am one of the members who was present at the historic meeting. You need a little context. Bowling was invented by the Scots and was once extremely popular.
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
1 of 5 #scotsfoundedfootball Many of you will have noticed the media reports about the possible death of Hampden Bowling Club. Disclosure: I am one of the members who was present at the historic meeting. You need a little context. Bowling was invented by the Scots and was once extremely popular.
Outstanding night at Curlers in Glasgow last evening. Full room, wide range of subject matter, a wedding proposal, a reading of Poe’s ‘The Raven’, and an invitation to appear on a podcast as I walked out the door.
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Outstanding night at Curlers in Glasgow last evening. Full room, wide range of subject matter, a wedding proposal, a reading of Poe’s ‘The Raven’, and an invitation to appear on a podcast as I walked out the door.
Dreadful news on such an important site. Fingers and everything crossed its future - and legacy - can be preserved.
And she sleeps.
A monumental day in the 120 year history of Hampden Bowling Club, as it voted to close at the end of February.
A sad day for everyone. Now its up to the community and football community to decide what happens next to the site of the First Hampden Park.
A monumental day in the 120 year history of Hampden Bowling Club, as it voted to close at the end of February.
A sad day for everyone. Now its up to the community and football community to decide what happens next to the site of the First Hampden Park.
October 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Dreadful news on such an important site. Fingers and everything crossed its future - and legacy - can be preserved.
Doing a set at Curlers (Glasgow West End) on Monday night (20 October). Curlers Cosy Corner has been running for three years and I’m ashamed to say this is my first appearance at the night, but looking very forward to seeing & hearing some very fine poets. 7.30pm start. Free entry.
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Doing a set at Curlers (Glasgow West End) on Monday night (20 October). Curlers Cosy Corner has been running for three years and I’m ashamed to say this is my first appearance at the night, but looking very forward to seeing & hearing some very fine poets. 7.30pm start. Free entry.
Thanks to @dumbartonfc.bsky.social for some space in The Sons View match programme, covering last weekends exciting @nilbymouthscotland.bsky.social Poets & Penalties competition in Stow.
October 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Thanks to @dumbartonfc.bsky.social for some space in The Sons View match programme, covering last weekends exciting @nilbymouthscotland.bsky.social Poets & Penalties competition in Stow.
Thanks to the Border Telegraph for their coverage of the Poets & Penalties competition
www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2554135...
www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2554135...
‘Poets and Penalties’ competition king crowned after tense shootout in Borders
A Dumbarton poet has been crowned the ‘penalty kick king’ after holding his nerve to win a national charity’s competition in the Borders.
www.bordertelegraph.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thanks to the Border Telegraph for their coverage of the Poets & Penalties competition
www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2554135...
www.bordertelegraph.com/news/2554135...
Thrilled to win the Poets & Penalties competition on behalf of Dumbarton FC in Stow yesterday, organised by Nil By Mouth. Terrific bunch of lads representing clubs across the UK. ⚽️ ✍🏻
October 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thrilled to win the Poets & Penalties competition on behalf of Dumbarton FC in Stow yesterday, organised by Nil By Mouth. Terrific bunch of lads representing clubs across the UK. ⚽️ ✍🏻
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The Creeping Bent Organisation is delighted to announce two additions to the final Glasgow event by Creeping Bent to celebrate the endgame after 30 years of avant-pop agitation.
Radhika & Future Pilot AKA and QUAD90 will be performing at Mono on 12.12.25. Tickets-Pop Mutations.
Radhika & Future Pilot AKA and QUAD90 will be performing at Mono on 12.12.25. Tickets-Pop Mutations.
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Creeping Bent Organisation is delighted to announce two additions to the final Glasgow event by Creeping Bent to celebrate the endgame after 30 years of avant-pop agitation.
Radhika & Future Pilot AKA and QUAD90 will be performing at Mono on 12.12.25. Tickets-Pop Mutations.
Radhika & Future Pilot AKA and QUAD90 will be performing at Mono on 12.12.25. Tickets-Pop Mutations.
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Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨
elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com
elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com
Elisabeth Elektra
Euphoric Art-Pop from Glasgow, Scotland
elisabethelektra.com
‘Mercurial’ LP out now: “Giddy electronic pop” ☆☆☆☆ MOJO “A haunting, odd gem” ☆☆☆☆ RECORD COLLECTOR "Stark, dramatic, crystalline" - ME...
elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Since deleting Twitter I’ve noticed a big drop in my Bandcamp sales. If you’re a music fan, please repost this so people can find me here! I make weirdo alt pop, I hate nazis and love Etsy witches 🖤✨
elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com
elisabethelektra.bandcamp.com
Happy #NationalPoetryDay 📕 I have chosen the shortest poem in my book ‘Barbed Halo’ to share with you as it fits nicely with this most sinister of months. Viva October!
October 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy #NationalPoetryDay 📕 I have chosen the shortest poem in my book ‘Barbed Halo’ to share with you as it fits nicely with this most sinister of months. Viva October!
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#OneDrop is a celebration of reggae through poetry accompanied by image and sound. #5 in the sequence is a celebration of Trojan Records, led by Mark Fiddes and his brilliant poem 'This Extraordinary General Meeting is brought to you by Trojan Records'.
onedroppoetry.substack.com/p/one-drop-f...
onedroppoetry.substack.com/p/one-drop-f...
One Drop Five
Tighten Up!
onedroppoetry.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#OneDrop is a celebration of reggae through poetry accompanied by image and sound. #5 in the sequence is a celebration of Trojan Records, led by Mark Fiddes and his brilliant poem 'This Extraordinary General Meeting is brought to you by Trojan Records'.
onedroppoetry.substack.com/p/one-drop-f...
onedroppoetry.substack.com/p/one-drop-f...
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FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
From the Caribbean to Caledonia: Two National Bards in Conversation
Scotland's current Makar, Peter Mackay, and the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison, exchanged poems, stories, thoughts and much laughter at Ellisland Farm, once home to Robert Burns and h...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO CALEDONIA
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
Lorna Goodison, the former Poet Laureate of Jamaica, in conversation with Scotland's Makar, Peter Mackay.
Recorded outdoors beside the River Nith at the Robert Burns Ellisland Farm & Museum.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/from...
At the Edinburgh launch of Barbed Halo.
By myself.
With my one book for sale. *
😂🤣
*disclaimer - other people were there & other books were available for sale.
By myself.
With my one book for sale. *
😂🤣
*disclaimer - other people were there & other books were available for sale.
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At the Edinburgh launch of Barbed Halo.
By myself.
With my one book for sale. *
😂🤣
*disclaimer - other people were there & other books were available for sale.
By myself.
With my one book for sale. *
😂🤣
*disclaimer - other people were there & other books were available for sale.
1 poem published in the Morecambe Poetry Festival Anthology alongside the likes of Luke Wright, Henry Normal & John Hegley.
‘Akihabara Electric Town’ (Tokyo, Japan) was written after a discussion with a workmate who visited this wholly fascinating place. Thank you, Jamie! Publication- AND a badge!
‘Akihabara Electric Town’ (Tokyo, Japan) was written after a discussion with a workmate who visited this wholly fascinating place. Thank you, Jamie! Publication- AND a badge!
September 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
1 poem published in the Morecambe Poetry Festival Anthology alongside the likes of Luke Wright, Henry Normal & John Hegley.
‘Akihabara Electric Town’ (Tokyo, Japan) was written after a discussion with a workmate who visited this wholly fascinating place. Thank you, Jamie! Publication- AND a badge!
‘Akihabara Electric Town’ (Tokyo, Japan) was written after a discussion with a workmate who visited this wholly fascinating place. Thank you, Jamie! Publication- AND a badge!
There is an argument to be made for & against several of points highlighted about Scottish Poetry (+ all who live within it) by Hugh Mcmillan in the Spring issue of the The Poets Republic but I thought this was a fascinating article which raised matters of funding, ageism, ego-stroking, and purpose.
September 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
There is an argument to be made for & against several of points highlighted about Scottish Poetry (+ all who live within it) by Hugh Mcmillan in the Spring issue of the The Poets Republic but I thought this was a fascinating article which raised matters of funding, ageism, ego-stroking, and purpose.