Aye the nichts are fair drawin in but daunerin doon the watter aye maks me feel guid nae maitter whit time o day it is – at Ayr, Scotland

Tsk,all these storms just now with their daft (& sometimes hard to understand) names. So here's ma ain A-Z list o new Scottish names for upcoming storms, some maybe a bit too risky for the news! @JudithRalston @billykayscot @weatherblether @WeatherScot

Great seeing this braw cratur in the garden today, Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar, first time I've ever seen one, full of looks & character. If ever a cratur needs a poem 🙂 @rzss @ScotWildlife

Here in Dumfries where Ah sit on ma throne Where Ah lived & Ah died & Ah wrote the odd poem Ma statuesque heid is noo wearin a cone An Ah look like a graphic But as long as it does its job Ah willnae moan As your Rabbie stops traffic @Burns_Ellisland @billykayscot

youtu.be/HE8HiaTnDJI?is=dU8v… Happy #fathersday tae aw the guid faithers oot there. Here's ma poem aboot aw the guid yins including ma ain, oor Barclay fae Cumnock @scotslanguage @HappyFatherDay_ @USCN1 @billykayscot @MagiGibson @ForWomenScot @ByLeavesWeLive @Angelinekking

Happy #giesascotspoemday tae youse aw. Here's yin Ah scrievit no that lang ago aboot the here an noo an luikin furrit no ahin @ScotsDictionars @ByLeavesWeLive @billykayscot @USCN1 @scotslanguage @ScotsScriever @natlibscot @JackieKayPoet

A poem from a stravaig round a nearby old estate this afternoon. I often unexpectedly find old domestic ruins in the countryside & wonder who lived there, for how long & why they left @RuralScotland @dgplacenames @DG_Unlimited @penpontpark – at Penpont, Scotland

Smashin weather on the Solway coast this afternoon at Sandyhills & Rockliffe with clear views over to Hestan Isle & clear views to the Cumbrian mountains. And a Beltie & buying at @ColvendMarket of course @BBCScotWeather @JudithRalston @dgplacenames @AlanMcFadyen2 @ColvendMarket

Nice wee trip up the nearby Dalveen Pass in good weather on Sunday. We've lots places in the south west that are as braw & remote as much further north in the Highlands 🙂 @VisitScotland @VisitSWScotland @BBCScotLearn @DumfriesVisit @DG_Unlimited @_TravelScotland

On #worldpoetryday 2026 here's a poem of hopes & optimism for each of our own wee worlds, close by or far apart, together or alone, in a bigger world now emptying of hope & optimism @ByLeavesWeLive @BBCScotLearn @billykayscot @JudithRalston @LiamMcIlvanney @natpoetrylib

Sometimes graffiti is artwork itself 🙂

On #SuperBowl Sunday why no a wee poem aboot a Superb Owl fae ma 2020 @TippermuirBooks book A Squatter o Bairnrhymes? And remember, houlits don't do spelling errors! @billykayscot @ScotsDictionars @scottishbooks @ByLeavesWeLive @SuperBowl

Great trip over to Mull today & an at-last visit to @Tobermorychoc Fantastic choccy snysters even better than what we expected

Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay This is the poem I wrote & read on air for @BBCRadioScot in 2018. Jane Haining, a Scottish woman killed for saving the lives of hundreds of young others. In Days of Darkness by Stuart A. Paterson - Scottish Poetry Library share.google/2SofC2X0TwCT1fC…

youtu.be/vAJb5cNDlrE?si=Rxsl… Wee film I made for #BurnsNight 2021 commissioned by the @UlsterScotsAgen I explain exactly why I love this poem & song on a very personal level for me because of my dad.

Happy #burnsnight2026 to you all, lang may yer lums reek an lang may oor Rabbie aye reek the truth! Here's a 2020 poem from me for this very night, hope you enjoy & get it all @scotslanguage @Burns_Ellisland @billykayscot @eddireadernews @UlsterScotsAgen @JamieFairbairn1

Happy #burnsnight2026 tae aw freens aw owre. Here's a 1-off unique pic of Rabbie drawn for me in 1992 for the mag I founded & edited '89-96, a cover made by the great Malky McCormick @EALeisure @Burns_Ellisland @AllowayBurns @ByLeavesWeLive @BBCScotLearn @LiamMcIlvanney

Working in a school today supporting pupils in an English lesson on punctuation. Is it just me or is the Q&A in part 2 a wee bit, er, strange? @EducationScot @NewCumnockPS @morganacademy1