The Finished House - by
In the finished house a flame is brought to the hearth.
/ Then a table, between door and window
/ Where a…
poems on postcards
The Home Keeps the Whole Together - by
The banister begs for biddable bodies.
/ The pantry pleads for plentiful provisions.
/ The cooker cries out for creative cuisine.
/ The…
In the Liquorice House - by
In the liquorice house
/ there is a liquorice clock
/ which beats out liquorice time.
/
/ In the liquorice house
/ there are liquorice…
Safe Sounds - by
You like safe sounds:
/ the dogs lapping at their bowls;
/ the pop of a cork on a bottle of plonk…
Teams - by
I would have skipped the stupid games,
/ long afternoons spent chilled in goal,
/ or sleepy, scratching, in deep field,
/ leapt…
An t-Seann Chairt Againn - by
Ghiùlain i mìle mìorbhail –
/ pocan-mòna nach tèid àireamh,
/ clòimhtean chaorach bhon an àirigh,
/ badan feòir is cocan-eòrna,
/
/ còig gille deug…
Bingo - by
Tae the bingo haa
/ Gaes aald Mrs Broon,
/ And every nicht,
/ When they caa “ehz doon”,
/ Aald Mrs Broon
/ Wull…
Roundabout - by
see postcard image below…
Football Haiku! - by
chip
/ pokes
/ for posts
/
/ all
/ my
/ saturdays
/
/ o
/ ya
/ beauty
/
/ he shoots
/ she
/ scores
/
/ stretch
/ the
/ net!
/
/ my
/ veryown
/ goal
/
/ half
/ time
/ donut
/
/ total
/ red
/ tackle
/
/ my…
Skippin Sang - by
In comes Nannie
/ Jines wee Annie
/ Bides wi her Grannie
/ And Annie lowps oot.
/
/ In comes Sammy
/ Greetin for his mammy,
/ Drives…
A Lay of the Links - by
It’s up and away from our work to-day,
/ For the breeze sweeps over the down;
/ And it’s hey…
A Glasgow nonsense rhyme for Molly - by
Molly Pin Li McLaren,
/ come home and look
/ at the pictures in your brand-new book –
/ a tree, a bird, a fish, a…