Poetry links
A curated list of hyperlinks to literature and poetry related places.
Language: Scots
The Prows o’ Reekie - by
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
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
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
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.
Trio by Edwin Morgan Teaching Notes
Our notes for this set text should help teachers and students alike.
Good Friday by Edwin Morgan Teaching Notes
Our notes for this set text should help teachers and students alike.
Mother - by
Ye were ay a rowdy laddie, Jock,
Since ever ye cam hame,
Unco ill to bed at night,
And dour to wash and kaim.
Jock, to the First Army - by
O Rab an’ Dave an’ rantin’ Jim,
The geans were turnin’ reid
When Scotland saw yer line grow dim,
Wi’ the pipers at its heid…
Dr Wha Teaching Notes
Find our teaching notes for Dr Wha, one of our National Poetry Day 2018 poems, here.
11:00: Baldovan - by
Base Camp. Horizontal sleet. Two small boys
have raised the steel flag of the 20 terminus:
me and Ross Mudie are going up the Hilltown
for the first time ever on our own.
Old Tongue - by
When I was eight, I was forced south. Not long after, when I opened my mouth, a strange thing happened. I lost my Scottish accent. Words fell off my tongue: eedyit, dreich, wabbit, crabbit stummer, teuchter, heidbanger, so you are, so am ur, see you, see ma ma, shut yer geggie or I’ll gie you […]