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  1. Hoping for good weather for everyone headed to #MauchlineHolyFair today, part of the 11th Burns An' A' That Festival! 3:19 AM Jun 2nd via web
  2. Yup, the SPL is closed on Tuesday, folks. RT @niccywiccy90 you too, hope you get a day off, like meee! Lol. 8:52 AM Jun 1st via web
  3. NEW ACQUISITION. MUCH EXCITEMENT. #afternoontea trolley acquired by @jlwpoetry because of reasons. twitter.com/ByLeavesWeLive… 8:43 AM Jun 1st via Photos on iOS
  4. New blog. We look at Elizabeth II and her Poet Laureates. Does the 2nd Elizabethan era match the first poetically? scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/blog/r… 8:42 AM Jun 1st via web
  5. Rd the rest of it. If you do want to, we have Rain-Charm for the Duchy, his Laureate collection. RT @manhattnik yikes. I really did like it. 7:23 AM Jun 1st via web
  6. Ha ha RT @manhattnik How lovely! 7:05 AM Jun 1st via web
  7. Guys, with a week until the Olympics torch reaches Scotland, I really think you should follow @SPLwrittenworld, our London 2012 project 6:37 AM Jun 1st via web
  8. If you're ever back, pop in RT @marykateny Thanks for the follow! I used to live in Edinburgh, miss it so much..the poems help bring me back 6:35 AM Jun 1st via web
  9. "Over the garden wall/Gold as the Honey Bee/A helicopter snatched you up./The pilot, it was me" Ted Hughes' poem on Prince Andrew's marriage 6:34 AM Jun 1st via web
  10. Just reading Ted Hughes' Poet Laureate verse. Wow, it's bad. 6:33 AM Jun 1st via web
  11. Exploring Dylan Thomas country: guardian.co.uk/travel/audiosl… 5:31 AM Jun 1st via web
  12. You can find the complete collection of the SPL's poetry posters here: pinterest.com/scottishpoetry… 5:28 AM Jun 1st via web
  13. Podcast time! @rvwable interviews Robyn Cresswell, poetry editor of the Paris Review about rap & Arabic poetry: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/podcas… 5:24 AM Jun 1st via web
  14. @niccywiccy90 Have a nice Tuesday when it comes, Niccy! 5:22 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to niccywiccy90
  15. @niccywiccy90 The SPL contains multitudes of views, as many as the books on our shelves. We stock Carol Ann Duffy and we stock Tom Leonard. 5:11 AM Jun 1st via web in reply to niccywiccy90
  16. pinterest.com/pin/2019589829… Poetry is... language in orbit | Scottish Poetry Library 5:05 AM Jun 1st via Tweet Button
  17. We've got some cool new poetry posters on our site now, part of a 'Postry is...' series: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learn/posters 5:00 AM Jun 1st via web
  18. Monarchists! Republicans! We think the latest SPL poster might simultaneously please both of you: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/learn/posters/… 4:59 AM Jun 1st via web
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  • Bio Scottish Poetry Library (SPL) Edinburgh: 40,000+ items of delicious poetry, new/old, Scottish/international, in award-winning building.
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