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poems on postcards

Brekin rainbows - by Janet Paisley

{ Poem }

He wis just a wee lad
/ dibblin in a puddle,
/ glaur fae heid tae fit,
/ enjoyin haen a guddle.
/ He…

Eilean Fraoich - by Iain Mac a’ Ghobhainn
Iain Crichton Smith

{ Poem }

“Eilean fraoich, Eilean fraoich,”
/ ann an solus uaine
/ eadar d à bh ù th
/ air Sauchiehall St. …

A riddle - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Whaur the fit has never been
/ It’s there ye aye gang wi’ it:
/ Whaur the e’e has never seen
/ It’s there ye aye…

A Little Nap Rap - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

A little nap rap
/ When I got home one evening
/ to my cosy living room
/ I found a squirrel at my table
/ and…

fram da far-haaf - by Robert Alan Jamieson

{ Poem }

Wake up man! Waken! Listen!
/
/ What?
/ What is it?
/
/ Oh what a dream I’ve had,…

Spell - by Carol Ann Duffy

{ Poem }

A clip of thinder ever the reeftips
/ sends like a bimb going iff!
/ My hurt thimps in my chist.
/
/ It’s dirk. The…

No. 115 dreams - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

The living room remembers Gran dancing to Count Basie.
/ The kitchen can still hear my aunts fighting on Christmas day.
/ The hall…

The Check-Oot Quine’s Lament - by Sheena Blackhall

{ Poem }

Tatties, neeps, and ingan,
/ Poother for the wash,
/ Wullie’s needin new sheen,
/ Grip, skyte, flash.
/
/ Sweeties, ale, some flooer,
/ A…

Skills - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

inventing jobs
/ teaching the skills
/
/ of applying for jobs
/
/ —-
/
/ one of millions
/ training
/
/ to acquire the skills
/ to apply…

Skeleton Staff - by Dilys Rose

{ Poem }

Spring Bank Holiday. The first hot day of the year.
/ As the others, in shorts, slob around beer gardens
/ or…

Eight Tentacles - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

If only I had an octopus
/ I’d soon get my housework done.
/ I’d set him to work on the hoovering…

Happy Families - by Lindsay MacRae

{ Poem }

Mr Pill the pharmacist
/ Mrs Bunn the baker
/ Master Leak the plumber’s mate
/ B. Grave the undertaker.
/
/ Mr Blast, who…

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