Poetry flies on the window sill, clogged up feathers and irredescent wings - pesky lemon bills as daggers... Yes, a new poem fresh from my pen for the next open mic' in Lerwick at da #ShetlandLibrary ✨🌿

Happy 70th birthday to Ann Cleeves, the author whose books have inspired three TV series: “Shetland”, “Vera” and “The Long Call”. Ann first travelled to the far north of Scotland in the 1970s and worked on a bird observatory on Fair Isle. She told me about these early days and her admiration for Brenda Blethyn! #AnnCleeves #Shetland #Vera #TheLongCall #ShetlandLibrary #BrendaBlethyn https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5730010/ann-cleeves-shetland-noir-fair-isle-crimes-most-memorable-sleuths/