Revelation - by
I remember once being shown the black bull
when a child at the farm for eggs and milk
monsters
Ariadne - by
The threid that reeled him in
/ has brocht me oot –
/ oot o the nairra mask
/ o thirled weys
/ tae the clear licht…
Flying Garuda over Java - by
Edge out of the night
/ and contemplate one of nature’s
/ most sublime spectacles…
The Man With Three Legs - by
From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
/ University of St Andrews
/ In the autumn of 1948 a message was received from a…
The Loch Ness Monster’s Song - by
Sssnnnwhuffffll?
/ Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
/ Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
/ Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl –
/ gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
/ Hovoplodok…
The Bogle - by
There’s a bogle by the bour-tree at the lang loan heid,
I canna thole the thocht o’ him, he fills ma he’rt wi’ dreid;
He skirls like a hoolet, an’ he rattles a’ his banes,
An’ gi’es himsel’ an unco fash to fricht wee weans.
Jenny Wi’ the Airn Teeth - by
What a plague is this o’ mine,
/ Winna steek his e’e,
/ Though I hap him ow’r the…
Jabberwocky - by
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
/ Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
/ All mimsy were the borogoves,
/ And the…