Clan Donald’s Call to Battle At Harlaw - by
after the Gaelic of Lachlann Mor MacMhuirich (fl. 1411)
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/ You Clann of Conn, remember this:
/ Strength from the eye of the storm.
/ Be…
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The Computer’s First Christmas Card - by
jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry
The Ash Grove - by
a springtime ash, whose leaves emerge from black
/ an unlocked ash, so profligate with keys…
What Is the Pond Doing? - by
(for Ruairidh, who asked)
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/ Wobbling like a wobbly jelly
/ Being a bucket for the rain
/ Sending flash-backs to the sun
/ Cheeking the sky
/ Giving the…
Worker - by
sweat the felt screed the cement
/ pack the joist level the cleat
/ eat the piece hammer the nail
/ …
Cattle-count - by
1, the rust-red one, hide-gleaming:
/ 2, the blackandwhite one,
/ like a pied crow:
/ 3, the zebra-hide, long belly-knotted:
/ 4, the…
The country I come from - by
had brindled garter snakes
/ freight train steam
/ dimes flattened on railway tracks
/ a rusting 1936 Studebaker Sedan for a playground
/ three dappled Indian ponies…
The Travel Guide to the Country of Your Birth - by
which
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/ has over 300 natural lakes
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/ is one of the oldest countries in Europe
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/ has something for everyone, in every season
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/ occupies the north-east…
flere og flere danskere - by
flere og flere danskere kommer i arbejde
/ flere og flere danskere bliver millionærer
/ flere og flere danskere får børn med dannebrogsformede modermærker
/ flere…
Mortality - by
O why should the spirit of mortal be proud!
/ Like a fast flitting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
/ A flash of the…
Foundation - by
‘What would you put in the foundation stone
/ for future generations?’ ‘A horseshoe,
/ a ballet shoe, a horseshoe crab, a sea-horse,
/ a sheriff’s…
The Check-Oot Quine’s Lament - by
Tatties, neeps, and ingan,
/ Poother for the wash,
/ Wullie’s needin new sheen,
/ Grip, skyte, flash.
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/ Sweeties, ale, some flooer,
/ A…