EE Chandler

Scottish poet, writer & reader. So much to read & write, so little time…

[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

Some Spring flowers to brighten the day 🌺

[Scottish Poetry Library @ByLeavesWeLive]

Watch Shane Stachan’s interview on @STVNews for a feature about our Burns Night Skies collection of cosmic poetry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪐🚀

Shane recites his poem ‘Pleiades’
#BurnsNight #BurnsNight2025

[University of Stirling @StirUni]

Today marks #BurnsNight! It’s an important date in the Scottish calendar, honouring the life and works of Robert Burns, our national bard. Curious about its history? Read on to discover more about why it’s such a significant event. 👇 #BurnsNight2025

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[Kai @UnderAntares]

Here's a bottle & an honest friend!
What wad ye wish for mair, man?
Wha kens, before his life may end,
What his share may be o' care, man?

—Robert Burns

#BurnsNight #BurnsNight2025

[Burns Poetry @BurnsPoetry]

Gie him strong drink until he wink,
That's sinking in despair;
An' liquor guid to fire his bluid,
That's prest wi' grief and care
#drink

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise

—Maya Angelou

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[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

Tickets booked for a superb lineup! Sooo excited. 😊 X

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Possible, unthinkable,

the cricket’s tiny back as I lie
on the lawn in the dark, my heart
a blue cup fallen from someone’s hands.

—Dorianne Laux, Academy Chancellor, born #OTD in 1952

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[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

Today’s charity shop find… delighted 🤩

[Brindille @Brindille_]

Stretched Shadow
© Kazuo Kasai (Japanese, b. 1955)

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing.

The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos.
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[The Belmont Cinema @BelmontCinema]

Ahead of the Scottish Budget on Wednesday 4 December, we're asking everyone to write to your MSPs telling them to prioritise @BelmontCinema's refurbishment and reopening 🧡

Find out how to take part below ⬇️

https://t.co/a7YFlEgpT0

[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas… 🎄

[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

Sky over #Aberdeen tonight 🌅

[Alexandra Epps @ArtGuideAlex]

Notre-Dame #RaoulDufy

[Palestine in the UK @Palestine_in_UK]

“If I must die, you must live to tell my story” - Palestinian poet Refaat Al Areer.

Israel killed Refaat on this day, 7 December, a year ago.

Refaat was also an academic, teaching English at one of the universities destroyed by #Israel.

“If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale.”

Reading by British Actor Brian Cox.

[Mariella Frostrup @mariellaf1]

How can we support and facilitate this women’s revolution? Words are not enough and gender issues need to move up the agenda. The silencing of an entire nation of women is a failure of the worlds. #UNWomen

[EE Chandler @ee_chandler]

The late #JohnBurnside talking of near death experience. Beautiful listen ⁦@BBCSounds⁩ 💛

‘…and everything that might have been undone
resuming
in the gaps we leave behind,
wave after wave of brightness on the land.’ https://t.co/zUxjC21bGX