Scots Archives | Scottish Poetry Library

Inspiration to write poems

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Loads of ideas and inspiration to get you started writing poetry in any situation.

Performing poetry

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Useful tips about how to perform a poem.

Poetry Competition checklist

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A checklist to help you organise a poetry competition.

Poetry links

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A curated list of hyperlinks to literature and poetry related places.

The Prows o’ Reekie - by Lewis Spence

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O wad this braw hie-heapit toun Sail aff like an enchanted ship, Drift owre the warld’s seas up and doun, And kiss wi’ Venice lip to lip, Or anchor into Naples’ Bay A misty island far astray Or set her rock to Athens’ wa’, Pillar to pillar, stane to stane, The cruikit spell o’ her […]

A Woman in the Street - by James Pittendrigh Macgillivray

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O bonnie lad wi’ the kilt sae braw
An’ tossel’t sporran swingin’ –
Wi’ dirk at the hip, an’ ribbons rid;
Ye set my hert a-singin’.

Scots Learning Centre

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These resources support Curriculum of Excellence as well as N4/N5/H English and the Scots Language Award, and include interactive games/reading exercises on ‘Shetlan’ by John Peterson as well as Burns’ ‘Tam O’Shanter’ and ‘Holy Willie’s Prayer’.

The Kist / A’Chiste

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The Kist / A’Chiste provides a selection of Scots and Gaelic texts carefully chosen to meet the needs of the language work in the 5-14 curriculum and beyond. This anthology contains 160 pages of poetry, prose and drama.