About Len Pennie
Len Pennie (born 1999) is a poet, Scots language performer and writer, and mental-health advocate. She became known on social media in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland for her "Scots word of the day" and poem (Scots: poyum) videos. Her poems include I'm no havin children, contrasting the English "children" with the Scots "weans", which went viral in October 2020. Pennie was one of five Scots commissioned to write a poem for a local Christmas campaign by Lidl about the Daft Days. A recitation of Robert Burns' Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin was shared by the Scottish Poetry Library. In February 2021, Pennie was commissioned by a campaign group Witches of Scotland to write and perform a poem for their online video In Memorial, to honor those, mainly women, who were persecuted under the Witchcraft Acts. In November 2020, the Saint Andrew's Society of Los Angeles invited her to write a Scottish diaspora poem which resulted in "Scots Nothin Tae Dae Wae That", and in March 2021 they named her their society's poet laureate. Her debut poetry collection Poyums shot straight to the top of the best sellers list immediately upon publication.Browse all poems and texts published on Len Pennie
