Clan Donald’s Call to Battle At Harlaw - by
after the Gaelic of Lachlann Mor MacMhuirich (fl. 1411)
/
/ You Clann of Conn, remember this:
/ Strength from the eye of the storm.
/ Be…
National Poetry Day 2014
Archives - by
generation upon
generation upon
g neration up n
g nerat on up n
g nerat n up n
Sorting Through - by
the sadness of dispossessed dresses,
/ the decency of good coats roundshouldered
/ in the darkness of wardrobes,
/ the gravitas of lapels,
/ the invisible danders of…
The Permanence of the Young Men - by
No man outlives the grief of war
/ Though he outlive its wreck:
/ Upon the memory a scar
/ Through all his years will ache.
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/ Hopes…
‘Na Còig Corragan’ - by
an òrdag
/ an sgealbag
/ an gunna fada
/ mac-an-aba
/ ‘s lùdag bheag an airgid…
Hedge Sparrows - by
You don’t see many hedges these days, and the hedges you do see
they’re not that thorny, it’s a shame, and when I say a hedge
I’m not talking about a row of twigs between two lines of rusty
barbed wire, or more likely just a big prairie where there were
whole cities of hedges…
Don’t - by
talk with your mouth full
/ leave the table without asking
/ speak to your mother like that
/ let the sun go down on your…
The time traivellers’ convention - by
Bring a pairtner tae the Ceilidh
/ Dress informal, the invite stated
/ At the time traivellers’ convention.
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/ Mary Queen o Scots arrived hersel
/ Signed up…