ABOUT

More about Bridget Khursheed

​I am a poet based in Scottish Borders. I work for a fintech. I like birdwatching, orienteering and the Swedish game turf. I have five sisters and grew up in a Vicarage: if I was a Bronte I would be Anne. I have two sons and a cat called Leonard.

You can read my work:

• The Last Days of Petrol 2022 Shearsman Books
  Nature poetry with a twist
• Exact Colour of Snow January 2025 Shearsman Books
  Dye chemistry, childbirth, gardening and of course snow
• The Cellarman out January 2026 Bourjo Press
• At my blog poetandgeek

I had the great honour of having a poem selected by the Scottish Poetry Library
as one of the best Scottish poems of 2022. You can read it here:

​ https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/standing-on-top-of-the-national-museum-of-scotland/