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Place: Scotland

Scotland - by Sir Alexander Gray

{ Poem }

Here in the Uplands
/ The soil is ungrateful;
/ The fields, red with sorrel,
/ Are stony and bare.
/ A few trees, wind-twisted –
/ Or are…

Hame - by Mary Symon

{ Poem }

(St Andrew’s Day under the Southern Cross)
/
/ GOD bless our land, our Scotland,
/ Grey glen an’…

A Schule Laddie’s Lament on the Lateness o’ the Season - by J. Logie Robertson

{ Poem }

The east wind’s whistlin’ cauld an’ shrill,
/ The snaw lies on the Lomont Hill;
/ It’s simmer i’ the almanack,
/ But…

To Exiles - by Neil Munro

{ Poem }

Are you not weary in your distant places,
/ Far, far from Scotland of the mist and storm,
/ In drowsy airs,…

The South Countrie - by John Buchan

{ Poem }

I never likit the kingdom o’ Fife –
/ Its kail’s as cauld as its wind and rain,…

October Running - by Hilton Brown

{ Poem }

A Small Car’s Day
/
/ The Highland Road’s been sung before and will be sung again,
/ So long as bards give thanks for…

On the road - by Jenni Daiches

{ Poem }

It’s nearly New Year and we’ve loaded the van
/ with clothes for cold weather, boots and thick socks,
/ Christmas leftovers, the cat…

The time traivellers’ convention - by Sheena Blackhall

{ Poem }

Bring a pairtner tae the Ceilidh
/ Dress informal, the invite stated
/ At the time traivellers’ convention.
/
/ Mary Queen o Scots arrived hersel
/ Signed up…

coire fhionn lochan - by Thomas A. Clark

{ Poem }

lapping of the little waves
/ breaking of the little waves
/ spreading of the little waves
/ idling of the little waves
/
/ rippling of the little…

Lanarkshire - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

your voice is the souch o the wind throu birks
/ your voice is the breath of the wind through birches
/
/ your…

Walking for Centuries - by Jim C. Wilson

{ Poem }

a poem for Nigel Tranter
/
/ He walks for miles in waxed coat, cap and breeches.
/ He follows a familiar route, twelve miles…

Night-Lights - by Colin Will

{ Poem }

Waves still hit the shore
/ after the sun sets.
/ Each moon-silvered line surges in,
/ slops over the weeded rocks,
/ rolls forward in a shoosh…

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