{"id":2,"date":"2024-01-29T21:05:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-04-04T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T15:16:34","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Nairn<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" style=\"width:227px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/nairnkennedypoet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cap_20181213_193029_00_00_01_01-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nairn Kennedy is a Leeds-based poet whose work has appeared in <em>Orbis, Ink Sweat &amp; Tears, The London Magazine, Stand, The North, Spelt, 14 Magazine<\/em> and <em>Under the Radar. <\/em>He&#8217;s won second prize in the Ilkley Literature Festival Competition, has been longlisted in the National Poetry Competition, and been highly commended in the Bridport, amongst others, as well as being a runner-up in the 2025 Stanza Competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he\u2019s not writing poetry, he likes to read, develop software and drink more tea than is good for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:145%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deep Purple<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The caf\u00e9 pianist spread his hands, straddled<br>black and white, pulled up velvet sounds edged <br>with accidentals, while customers lent<br>one ear, lubricated chat with sips of Darjeeling, <br>wolfed mouthfuls of vanilla slice.<br><br>They didn\u2019t see him turn to monochrome,<br>flitter into pixels, re-form as a soft mist<br>that materialised into Dad, as always, parked<br>on the creaky piano stool in the front room, <br>two hundred miles plus a lifetime away.<br><br>Freckled by sun-motes drifting <br>in Sunday afternoon air, Dad spreads<br>his hands, straddles black and white, pulls<br>up everything from the depths of nowhere.<br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Runner-up in the 2025 Poetry Society Stanza Competition<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:81px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Nairn Nairn Kennedy is a Leeds-based poet whose work has appeared in Orbis, Ink Sweat &amp; Tears, The London Magazine, Stand, The North, Spelt, 14 Magazine and Under the Radar. 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