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North-East Scotland

The Field by the Lirk o’ the Hill - by Violet Jacob

{ Poem }

Daytime an’ nicht,
/ Sun, wind an’ rain;
/ …

The Neep-Fields By the Sea - by Violet Jacob

{ Poem }

Ye’d wonder foo the seasons rin
This side o’ Tweed an’ Tyne;
The hairst’s awa’; October-month
Cam in a whilie syne,
But the stooks are oot in Scotland yet

Kinnaird Head - by George Bruce

{ Poem }

I go North to cold, to home, to Kinnaird,
/ Fit monument for our time.
/
/ This is the outermost edge of Buchan.
/ Inland…

My House - by George Bruce

{ Poem }

My house
/ Is granite
/ It fronts
/ North,
/
/ Where the Firth flows,
/ East the sea.
/ My room
/ Holds the first
/
/ Blow from the North,
/ The first from East,
/ Salt upon…

The Whistle - by Charles Murray

{ Poem }

He cut a sappy sucker from the muckle rodden-tree,
/ He trimmed it, an’ he wet it, an’ he thumped it on…

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