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GrimalkinGerry

@grimalkingerry.bsky.social
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Poet and teacher based in Finland.

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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 3h
#scotstober Day 17 - flech - a flea or a restless person flechin - to be restless mah hert unsattelt flechin at thi sicht of thi sun trinnlin doon yer jaw ah mind yer wairmth Image by my son.
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
#scotstober Day 15 - quine - a young woman or girl ahm no a quine no a carline no a wifie naebody cries me hen or missus ahm a wummin an auld soul a new soul a body in mah body
a woman's stretched out shadow on the grass with one arm raised
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#scotstober Day 14 - deave/deeve - to annoy, to deafen murrin at mah feet ah can maistly forget she wis deavin me fur fuid i thi wee oors
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
#scotstober Day 13 - stroop/stroup - a spout thi caul leavin mah banes lik thi hush frae thi kettle's stroup
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
ahm no jeestin
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#scotstober Day 11 jalouse - to suspect, to think few wad jalouse thi mirk in me tae bite doon on its cauld steel ainly tae taste licht hinnied-sweet
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I forgot about #scotstober this year. Thanks to @leftpeggers.bsky.social for the list this year. For the uninitiated - Everyday in October a Scots word is introduced. I write snippets of poetry. Day 10 - girse - grass thi scrab aiples rottit oan thi girse birsin unnerfit thi juice av October
close up of leaves, crab apples and mushrooms covering grass
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I'm excited to share and be a part of the 2025 Helsinki Writers Group Anthology. Check it out. #helsinkiwritersgroup www.helsinkiwriters.com/anthology/?f...
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
For @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #PoemsAbout #Awakening
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Forth Rail Bridge, Fife, Scotland.
Forth Rail Bridge, Fife Scotland with blue sky.
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
A bit of fun. Erasure rejection poetry. #am submitting #rejection #erasurepoem
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GrimalkinGerry @grimalkingerry.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
I'm still kind of doing #scotstober Wirds o thi Day 20 and 22 - ablow and glower - below and to stare angrily. ah hunker doon ablow thi storm, thi glowerin cloods Though my cat is the best glowerin clood.
glowering gray fluffy cat - nae time fer yer pish
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