Steps Spark our Words is a new publication from Lapidus Scotland, launched at the reading after our AGM 2023 held in Glasgow on 15 March. During the ongoing Covid pandemic, Lapidus Scotland hosted a series of outdoor events in parks and green spaces throughout Glasgow, including Linn Park, Gartnavel Hospital grounds, Glasgow Green, and the […]
Category: Poem
The Burn Flows into the Sea (2022)
The Burn Flows into the Sea was an online writing event for grieving and remembrance, led by artist and writer Jane Walker. It took place in early November, and was part of the To Absent Friends festival. Since 2020, we have all become more aware than ever of absent friends – those who have died, […]
Water Story celebrates 100 sessions
Ahoy from Cap’n Bev here to cheer our 100th session of Water Story as we move into our seventh year. Larry Butler (Sukhema) cast us off in 2016 and our exploration of story, as reflected in water, has happened mostly on the Forth & Clyde Canal (thanks to Navvies’ Barge) and the bonny loch (thanks […]
Postcards
Lapidus Scotland published a set of fourteen poetry postcards earlier this year. We launched them at the AGM in June, and since then they have been making their way out into the world, but we still have copies left. If you would like some, let us know how many and and where we should send […]
Walking With Words in Perth
In August 2021, Lapidus Scotland co-hosted a ‘Walking With Words’ event with Culture Perth & Kinross as part of their ‘Pop-Out Perth’ Festival. An open event, the public were invited to sign up for a place on an informal team of writers and observers. The event began with poet and facilitator Andy Jackson outlining the […]
‘Owning Tomorrow Without Fear’: Kate Hendry reviews Seven Journeys
I read these poems as I read everything these days – seeking out words of wisdom, tips on how, in Pat Sutherland’s words to ‘own… tomorrow without fear.’ The many contributors to this reflective and moving collection suggest I’m not alone in finding poetry a source of nourishment. But what is it about poetry in […]
tarantella: an online renga
tarantella an online renga written in March & April 2021 by members of Kibble Scribblers white hail stones bounce drumming universal rhythms our eyes bulge – bright smiles prattle patter on the tin roof prayers as fragrant offerings rise sweating on bikes spring showers seep to our bones we like indoors best holy fires within […]