Peace and Poetry : Scottish CND’s Annual Poetry fundraiser event, Glasgow 2025. Whether you are here for the poetry, the politics or the passion – this is not to be missed.
This was afternoon celebration of art, activism and reflections on war, peace and hope for the future and brought together an exceptional line-up of poets & lovers of poetry. They shared moving and thought-provoking work on the themes of peace, war, beauty, tragedy, hope, love and the future of our planet.
If you’re thinking ‘oh, I never get into poetry much’, stop and have a listen! It’s not often you get to listen to poets reciting their own poetry. Or to poetry lovers sharing their favourite poems. And at the end we have a chat to three of them. You can also watch the event here.
It’s also not often you get such a delicious cake, made specially for SCND by a Ukrainian refugee living in Scotland!
The Poems We Heard:
- 01:25 Lynn Jamieson – welcome
- 04:54 Hugh McMillan – A Poet Reacts in an Age of Horror
- 07:03 Finola Scott – The Dipper, by Kathleen Jamie
- 07:51 Cait O’Neill McCullagh – In Irpin
- 09:02 Jim Aitken – What I Told Riona
- 10:57 Hugh McMillan – The Most Incompetent Branch
- 11:40 Clare Phillips – Greenham Common, by Helen Dunmore
- 13:53 David Kelly – Talks About Talks by Maura Dooley
- 15:56 Magi Gibson – Rage
- 18:21 Julie McNeill – War
- 18:56 Hugh McMillan – Blackbird by George Gunn
- 19:29 Magi Gibson – In the event of a lack of oxygen by Ali Whitelaw
- 23:09 Ken Benjamin – Why I went to Faslane by Gerry Loose
- 24:40 Kat Knak-Watt – the Messages
- 26:38 Simon Barrow – The Permanence of the Young Men by William Souter (edited)
- 27:26 Clare Phillips – Protest by Chris Salt
- 29:13 David Kelly – Whitey’s on the Moon by Gil Scott Heron
- 31:28 Cait McNeill McCullagh – Blaeberries
- 33:30 Jim Aitken – Uday, One day
- 35:35 Finola Scott – The IceCream Man by Michael Langley
- 36:46 Hugh McMillan- Dania Ersheid on her way home from school
- 38:06 Lynn Jamieson – George Square, by Jackie Kay
- 39:28 Magi Gibson – Cracked
- 42:12 Simon Barrow – Unwounding
- 43:05 Julie McNeill – Beautiful
- 44:35 Finola Scott – Close range – Coulport
- 46:28 Marlene chats to Kat, Finola and Clare
- Support the anti-nuclear arms movement and learn more about Scottish CND’s campaigns: Ban the Bomb
- Want more poetry and passion? Listen to our Scottish Arts & Culture playlist
- Want to hear more about SCND campaigning? Try our Peace & Security playlist
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