Steve Smart
@duntruner.bsky.social
aerty boffin
poetry, poetry film, photography, struggling up and down hills..
https://artsci.co.uk/sds
poetry, poetry film, photography, struggling up and down hills..
https://artsci.co.uk/sds
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Tomorrow is UK National Poetry Day. It's also the start of @afterpoetry.com's annual month-long submissions window.
From midnight on Oct 1st till 23:59 on the 31st, send us your previously unpublished 'after' or #ekphrastic poems for a chance at featuring in the journal in 2027.
From midnight on Oct 1st till 23:59 on the 31st, send us your previously unpublished 'after' or #ekphrastic poems for a chance at featuring in the journal in 2027.
September 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Tomorrow is UK National Poetry Day. It's also the start of @afterpoetry.com's annual month-long submissions window.
From midnight on Oct 1st till 23:59 on the 31st, send us your previously unpublished 'after' or #ekphrastic poems for a chance at featuring in the journal in 2027.
From midnight on Oct 1st till 23:59 on the 31st, send us your previously unpublished 'after' or #ekphrastic poems for a chance at featuring in the journal in 2027.
Reposted by Steve Smart
🎙️ NEW POETRY PODCAST
The second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast where @samueltongue.bsky.social from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social about 3 poetry films that caught their attention.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast where @samueltongue.bsky.social from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social about 3 poetry films that caught their attention.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
Nothing But The Film Poem - Episode 2
The second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast where Sam Tongue from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart about 3 poetry films that caught their attention.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
September 16, 2026 at 9:37 AM
🎙️ NEW POETRY PODCAST
The second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast where @samueltongue.bsky.social from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social about 3 poetry films that caught their attention.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
The second episode of Nothing But The Film Poem podcast where @samueltongue.bsky.social from the SPL chats with poetry filmmaker Steve Smart @duntruner.bsky.social about 3 poetry films that caught their attention.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/noth...
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Here's Fleur Adcock on top form. Her matter-of-fact tone lends a flat starkness to this poem that suits it perfectly and pares it to the emotional bone...
September 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here's Fleur Adcock on top form. Her matter-of-fact tone lends a flat starkness to this poem that suits it perfectly and pares it to the emotional bone...
Reposted by Steve Smart
Reposted by Steve Smart
I'm always amused by the way humans fetishize "walking upright," "tool use," and "language" as the iconic features of a superior species. And of course we ignore or downplay the obvious signs of all three in every other species. "They only walk upright SOMETIMES. Not like a true upright walker."
July 24, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I'm always amused by the way humans fetishize "walking upright," "tool use," and "language" as the iconic features of a superior species. And of course we ignore or downplay the obvious signs of all three in every other species. "They only walk upright SOMETIMES. Not like a true upright walker."
Can't fence the sky!
(ramblin')
(ramblin')
June 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Can't fence the sky!
(ramblin')
(ramblin')
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On Thursday 7 May I'll be at the Music Centre in St Andrews, helping to lead workshops on the impact of anthropogenic noise pollution on the communication of whales and dolphins. We still have a few spaces free, do sign up if you're interested! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/nEZQsDBNwL
May 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
On Thursday 7 May I'll be at the Music Centre in St Andrews, helping to lead workshops on the impact of anthropogenic noise pollution on the communication of whales and dolphins. We still have a few spaces free, do sign up if you're interested! forms.cloud.microsoft/e/nEZQsDBNwL
Delighted that 'Comma of Didymus' will be screened during the International Poetry Film Festival in Los Angeles later this month. Congratulations to all the selected films! 🎉👏👏👏
poetryfilmfestival.org
poetryfilmfestival.org
April 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Delighted that 'Comma of Didymus' will be screened during the International Poetry Film Festival in Los Angeles later this month. Congratulations to all the selected films! 🎉👏👏👏
poetryfilmfestival.org
poetryfilmfestival.org
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For this week’s #LiftToTheSky I’m highlighting the #Poetry Library, #Scotland. A fab resource with the aim of ‘bringing people and poetry together’ check their online resources, visit if in Edinburgh, or borrow books by post. A treasure.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Discover more than Burns
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Discover more than Burns
Scottish Poetry Library
Books and resources in Scotland's national poetry library for Burns Night, Robert Burns and the best Scottish poets and poems about Scotland
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
March 16, 2026 at 7:14 AM
For this week’s #LiftToTheSky I’m highlighting the #Poetry Library, #Scotland. A fab resource with the aim of ‘bringing people and poetry together’ check their online resources, visit if in Edinburgh, or borrow books by post. A treasure.
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Discover more than Burns
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
Discover more than Burns
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The Scotsman's Poem of the Week
'How to Behave With The Ill' by Julia Darling
'How to Behave With The Ill' by Julia Darling
March 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The Scotsman's Poem of the Week
'How to Behave With The Ill' by Julia Darling
'How to Behave With The Ill' by Julia Darling
@samillingworth.com must by now be something of a legend in the world of poetry and science - an excellent primer on how science and poetry can come together from @byleaveswelive.bsky.social below...
NEW! Points of Intersection: Science and Poetry
What happens when scientists pick up pens instead of pipettes? When researchers trade data for dactyls? This anthology offers one answer - Dr Sam Illingworth
The 36 poem anthology now on SPL website:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2026/03/poin...
What happens when scientists pick up pens instead of pipettes? When researchers trade data for dactyls? This anthology offers one answer - Dr Sam Illingworth
The 36 poem anthology now on SPL website:
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2026/03/poin...
Points of Intersection: Science and Poetry
Sam Illingworth is a poet and Professor at Edinburgh Napier University whose work and research focuses on using poetry as a medium through which to develop dialogues between different publics. What ha...
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk
March 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
@samillingworth.com must by now be something of a legend in the world of poetry and science - an excellent primer on how science and poetry can come together from @byleaveswelive.bsky.social below...
I heard skylarks singing over Craighill this morning. First I’ve heard this year - they seem early to me. Below is from March three years back (by when they were well into full voice). Whenever though, it is always an uplifting and reassuring sound..
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an archaeology of air
it’s skylark singing time again
stevedsmart.wordpress.com
February 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I heard skylarks singing over Craighill this morning. First I’ve heard this year - they seem early to me. Below is from March three years back (by when they were well into full voice). Whenever though, it is always an uplifting and reassuring sound..
stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/a...
stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/a...
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Brian Johnstone and Steve Smart / @duntruner.bsky.social share a filmpoem about intergenerational grief on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Watch it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/brian-johnst...
#FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears #HolocaustMemorialDay
Watch it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/brian-johnst...
#FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Brian Johnstone and Steve Smart / @duntruner.bsky.social share a filmpoem about intergenerational grief on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Watch it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/brian-johnst...
#FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears #HolocaustMemorialDay
Watch it here: inksweatandtears.co.uk/brian-johnst...
#FilmPoem #InkSweatAndTears #HolocaustMemorialDay
Walk, talk, trees, and art - Tansy Lee Moir chats to Scotland Outdoors
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A walk on the sane side:
BBC Scotland Outdoors podcast with Tansy Lee Moir
stevedsmart.wordpress.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Walk, talk, trees, and art - Tansy Lee Moir chats to Scotland Outdoors
stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/a...
stevedsmart.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/a...
If you’re longing for a quiet moment of sanity in the mad train-wreck of our times, this could well be it: a half hour pod-chat with artist Tansy Lee Moir.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
or search your own place of podding. :)
see also www.tansyleemoir.co.uk
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
or search your own place of podding. :)
see also www.tansyleemoir.co.uk
Scotland Outdoors - Drawing Ancient Trees with Tansy Lee Moir - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen goes out sketching old trees at Haddo with artist Tansy Lee Moir
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
If you’re longing for a quiet moment of sanity in the mad train-wreck of our times, this could well be it: a half hour pod-chat with artist Tansy Lee Moir.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
or search your own place of podding. :)
see also www.tansyleemoir.co.uk
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
or search your own place of podding. :)
see also www.tansyleemoir.co.uk
'Comma of Didymus' will screen in Edinburgh at the Cameo on Dec 15th. I have *no idea* how you'd get a ticket - organisers not very forthcoming! Turn up and say hi if you're near, I guess? But nice to be part of a screening in t' old hame toon anyway! 🙂
more about the film - artsci.co.uk/comma/
more about the film - artsci.co.uk/comma/
December 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
'Comma of Didymus' will screen in Edinburgh at the Cameo on Dec 15th. I have *no idea* how you'd get a ticket - organisers not very forthcoming! Turn up and say hi if you're near, I guess? But nice to be part of a screening in t' old hame toon anyway! 🙂
more about the film - artsci.co.uk/comma/
more about the film - artsci.co.uk/comma/
words at the end of the road..
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Stoury dub
a Scots haiku
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December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
words at the end of the road..
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Recording a new poetry film podcast with @samueltongue.bsky.social at @byleaveswelive.bsky.social this afternoon. Great fun!
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Recording a new poetry film podcast with @samueltongue.bsky.social at @byleaveswelive.bsky.social this afternoon. Great fun!
Taking a cue from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's book 'Landmarks' which lists rare words describing landscape, light and weather, I made a small portfolio of images trying to capture aspects seen, found, or felt or experienced while traversing land and landscapes on foot. See.. artsci.co.uk/sds/
Steve Smart
Steve Smart's website
artsci.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Taking a cue from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social's book 'Landmarks' which lists rare words describing landscape, light and weather, I made a small portfolio of images trying to capture aspects seen, found, or felt or experienced while traversing land and landscapes on foot. See.. artsci.co.uk/sds/
Neptune's lance
Tentsmuir
Tentsmuir
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Neptune's lance
Tentsmuir
Tentsmuir
archipelago
Crow Wood
Crow Wood
October 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
archipelago
Crow Wood
Crow Wood