Writer, poet, creative thinker & architect for democracy / Sgrìobhadair, bàrd, neach-smaoineachaidh cruthachail agus ailtire airson deamocrasaidh | Aotearoa & Isle of Skye | https://urbanbadgercollective.com/links/https://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mls5ccxq3c2eCaptured in full working plumage (in the Italian Chamber of Deputies)…14 May 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls5ccxq3c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mlky43yevk2yI'm delighted to have three poems featured in Issue 16 of The Starbeck Orion, thank you Paul @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social, it's a real privilege! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlky43yevk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mlddf7kk7k2yBeen thinking about #PoemsAbout #NamesNotNumbers for a few days and came up with this (title paraphrases a certain politician of the time). Not my usual! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk! Driving south now so will catch up! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity08 May 2026 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlddf7kk7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mkzsctddtk25Wow, @victoriaspires.bsky.social, that's quite a #PromptCombo, #InTheStyleOf has to be the trickiest yet! I've no idea if I've even got close to the brief with this one but it was fun trying! Looking forward to reading everyone as the week goes on! #poems #poetry #blueskypoets #writingcommunity04 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzsctddtk25https://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mkswa4wijk2nHonoured to be part of the launch event for this wonderful anthology. A good way to finish off a far-to-busy Friday that's kept me away from the usual prompts (and from here until now!) [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkswa4wijk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mkkogtlkmk2gHello #PromptCombo #BlueskyPoets, here's my #TotemTree offering for this week - took a while to get anything! Thanks @janpsolivagant.bsky.social for the challenge! #poems #poetrycommunity28 Apr 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkogtlkmk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mk7ykaopa22oHere's a quick offering for #PoemsAbout #SignalLoss (Ruru/Morepork is a New Zealand owl, a guardian between this world and the other). Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt - aa busy morning here so will read others later! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity24 Apr 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7ykaopa22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjwvqwrvcc2rMy new book is out today - AI in the Public Sector! A hands-on practical guide for senior leaders that treats AI adoption as institutional #transformation, not IT implementation. Get a copy here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/andy-williamson/ai-in-the-public-sector/paperback/product-e7644e5.html #LocalGov #PublicSector #DigitalGov #GovTech20 Apr 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwvqwrvcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjwke66dfc2rI can't make this, which is a shame as it'll be good! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwke66dfc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjvyzluvdk2cGood morning @dragonslayerma.bsky.social, what a great #PromptCombo - #NatureHasWeapons. This true story came to mind so sharing it before diving into meetings. Slightly less serious than my usual poems! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity20 Apr 2026 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjvyzluvdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjogxche6s2yHere's my offering for this week's #poemsabout on #gravity. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! Looking forward to reading everyone elses! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity17 Apr 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjogxche6s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjfcxtk4us26In these parts, there is less distance between this world and others. Many thanks @rfsmith.bsky.social for the excuse to write about it for #PromptCombo #Visions, inspired also by this morning's encounter with one of our resident woodcock! #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #scottishpoetry13 Apr 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfcxtk4us26https://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mjcnodkols2aA bleak, black-and-white kind of day on Skye, what you can feel from the photos is the wind!12 Apr 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcnodkols2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mj4stxo2g22rTurns out the #FragmentsFriday I posted last week was the perfect opening to this week's #PoemsAbout #EdgeOfKnowing! So now I do know where that was going! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt! #poems #poetry #blueskypoetry10 Apr 2026 07:37 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4stxo2g22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3milcja4ros2vAs we've no #PoemsAbout this week, I'm going to share this little starting piece for @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #fragmentsfriday instead... sprang into my head walking the hound this morning, I wonder where it's going to go... #poems #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #wrtingcommunity03 Apr 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3milcja4ros2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3midoyowgis2xWell done, Paul, a huge effort to get this excellent anthology out - and congratulations to all the poets in there, it's a fantastic read raising money for an important cause! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3midoyowgis2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mibldiuvg224Going minimalist for this week's #promptcombo #allowed, hope you like it! Thanks to @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social for another excellent prompt #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity30 Mar 2026 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibldiuvg224https://bsky.app/profile/andywilliamson.com/post/3mi7awjgbns2fDelighted that @zoomburst.substack.com chose to review my new collection, thanks Mike 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:2c4teqi2fmgrixqaftgd4tr7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7awjgbns2f