National Poetry Day 2017

Stanzas

When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home, / Let him combat for that of his neighbours.

The Tradition

For years I wandered hill and moor / Half looking for the road / Winding into fairyland.

National Poetry Day 2017

The theme of National Poetry Day for 2017 was 'freedom'.

B’ e ‘saorsa’ cuspair Là Nàiseanta na Bàrdachd an 2017.

An Tiona

Nuair a bha mi sa bhun-sgoil / fhuair mi tiona sleamhainn tana / far an cuirinn m’ fhaclan / sgrìobhte air sgoltaidhean pàipeir. / / Chan eil cuimhne agam...

I Opened A Book

I opened a book and in I strode / Now nobody can find me. / I’ve left my chair, my house, my road, / My town...

Jack and Jill

Twa wee birdies, Sittin on a hill, Ane ca'd Jack, And anither ca'd Jill.

from The Book of Why?

Why doesn’t a chair fly? Why do we have tongues? Why are the stars so silver?