
First Nations Scot.TESS Poet Laureate 2021/22.Co-founder Glasgow’s @City_of_Poets.Sometimes blood has nothing to do with love at all. #asditties #anneditties
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined May 2019
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This was also imaged using the #AIRR Single Objective Light Sheet with a 40x 0.95 NA objective. This sample was microinjected with Lifeact-GFP2 protein along with 1 micron YG microspheres which were useful for calibrating the initial acquisition.
Tell me. Pie in the sky?
All this chat of AI?
What do we fear to lose?
Our autonomy
that we all abuse?
Our superior reason
that takes us to war?
Our generosity
that starves those next door?
Such hubris,
to think we know best.
Come on AI,
be my guest.
#anneditties #ai #future
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Who’s this person?
(SEVENTEEN at the start!)
Who’d worsen
@BBCWorld ‘s part.
Takes cash for years
& (richer) now appears
quoting fears.
All crocodile tears?
Really? @BBCNews BUCK UP!
Daft storm in a woke tea-cup?
@piersmorgan @PiersUncensored
#anneditties
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We seem to lack
imagination
as a once
creative nation.
@Refugees
come to shore
yet we can’t think
of something more?
Intensive English
to be taught?
Internships
to be sought?
Less cost, more integration,
incomers reduce #inflation
This potential
is all evidential.
#asditties
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Gosh. Really?
@SuellaBraverman knows
nothing of humankind?
We like strangers only
when they’re few,
cute, refined…
Put @Refugees
in anyplace we like,
but remember
we put them to the knife.
If we can’t see what others do,
does it make what’s done untrue?
#asditty
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I read the news
The many views
How thru & thru
Tories skew
Every act to their cash gain.
I ask myself
Would I use stealth?
Increase my wealth,
join the filth?
Lie aloud to explain?
Lucky those who are sure
No temptation could endure
To divert them from the truth.
#anneditties
Let’s generalise…
…about how immigrants energise
a nation’s wealth.
Give more than they take,
pay toward health.
Turn up, graft, make
the less enthused
remember the day
when once they
were less bemused…
Let’s face it.
Each of us comes from other places.
#Immigration
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Anne Sikking retweeted
The featured poet at this month's Rock the Boat is the fabulous #EMPA2022 winner Michael Mullen☀️ 7pm on Thursday at Summerhall – entry is free!
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We're hosting Winter Warmers in Nov & Dec so you have a place you can get a wee heat & enjoy cinema and games nights suitable for all ages.
7/11 retro video games
21/11 movie night
5/12 board games
19/12 holiday movie night
6 - 8 PM
Free! Just stop by!
Oh, oh, oh... Crystal clear(?)
How they'll pay it all I fear
Is with @KwasiKwarteng in DC
To sell @NHS maybe...?
#liztrussout @BBCNews
#indyref2 @BBCScotlandNews @theSNP @alisonthewliss #minibudget2022 @Bell45
What's not to detest?
(Before we let the matter rest)
I WANT talk straight
(If hard to hear)
Less hate
Less fear
Food for children
Plenty to eat
(So they ken
That life is sweet)
Warm homes
Shoes that fit
No pay day loans
Uplands sunlit
GIVE me
Scotland free
#DetestTories
Anne Sikking retweeted
What's not to detest?
(Before we let the matter rest)
I WANT talk straight
(If hard to hear)
Less hate
Less fear
Food for children
Plenty to eat
(So they ken
That life is sweet)
Warm homes
Shoes that fit
No pay day loans
Uplands sunlit
GIVE me
Scotland free
#indyref2
What's not to detest?
(Before we let the matter rest)
I WANT talk straight
(If hard to hear)
Less hate
Less fear
Food for children
Plenty to eat
(So they ken
That life is sweet)
Warm homes
Shoes that fit
No pay day loans
Uplands sunlit
GIVE me
Scotland free
#indyref2
Anne Sikking retweeted
This Sunday's featured poem is called 'Gay Voice' by @michael_poet_mullen.
Read the poem on our website here
cityofpoets.com/items/for-ev…...
#cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity
Thinking @NicolaSturgeon
The conference ahead...
Glad to live in Scotland,
(Not England instead).
It's not our borders
That keep us apart
It's something simpler:
Our policies have heart.
Thanks to @theSNP,
(Despite its flaws),
A commitment to justice
Propels #indyref2's cause.
Anne Sikking retweeted
The Young Poet
This fantastic mural is a nod to one of Paisley’s most famous sons, poet Robert Tannahill, as it overlooks his place of birth in Castle Street, in the town’s west end.
Painted by Mark Worst in collaboration with Paisley Housing Association.
@mark_worst
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#negativitysucks
#hatesucks
#poem
Hear those birds all chirping?
Yes, chirping on the wind
They puff their chests
Sing with great pride
As if they've never sinned
With words of hate, I can't relate
Yet I still come again – at Ferndale, MI
Anne Sikking retweeted
This week's featured poet is Nicola Kirk, the author of 'Ode to a Hanged Heron', which we shared on Sunday. Read more about Nicola here: cityofpoets.com/team/nicola-…
#cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity
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Anne is leading free poetry workshops at @wee_retreat for budding and closet poets, starting on October 12th.
Find out more here: tinyurl.com/j5tmm4w3 or theweeretreat.co.uk/whats-on…
#cityofpoets #cityofpoetsglasgow #scottishpoets #cathairnambard #poetrycommunity












