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Place: Scotland

Aince Upon a Day - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Aince upon a day my mither said to me:
Dinna cleip and dinna rype
And dinna tell a lee.

from The Bruce - by John Barbour

{ Poem }

A! Fredome is a noble thing
/ Fredome mays man to haiff liking.
/ Fredome all solace to man giffis,
/ He levys at es that…

Gift - by Ian A. Olson

{ Poem }

The greatest gift
/
/ That Scotland – and Ireland
/ Could receive
/
/ Would be a Voice
/ Proclaiming:
/
/ “As from this day
/ You…

Gone but Not Forgotten - by Maud Sulter

{ Poem }

On leaving
you playfully punched
my left
shoulder…

Early Morning Train to Inverness - by Magi Gibson

{ Poem }

from time to time snow sprinkles from the sky
/ the way flour sifts from a baker’s fist
/
/ grey steel pylons pose…

A Hauf-a-Croun o Devolutioun - by T. S. Law

{ Poem }

‘Say efter me,’ said Rab, as he gied the waen
/ a hauf-croun muckle ‘s the muin i the middle air,
/ the siller…

The Free Natioun - by T. S. Law

{ Poem }

Preeve you tae me thare’s natiounhood,
/ and I sall preeve thare’s nane;
/ an that’s as gyte as your belief
/ that needs nae pruif…

Scotland the Wee - by Tom Buchan

{ Poem }

Scotland the wee, crèche of the soul,
/ of thee I sing
/
/ land of the millionaire draper, whisky vomit
/ and the Hillman Imp
/
/ staked…

Threshold - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

Our strength is our difference. / Dinny fear it. Dinny caw canny. …

Between the Dee and the Don - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

I was conceived between the Dee and the Don. / I was born in the city of crag and stone.

from ‘a better tale to tell’ - by Alec Finlay

{ Poem }

politicians must become / better messengers / with a better tale / to tell…

The Scottish Poetry Library - by Aonghas MacNeacail

{ Poem }

so much light here –
sun’s rhythm in each wall…
flow of thoughts on the shelves,
radiant lamp of the books

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