The Brexfast After - by
what does it even mean
to lie these days
and will you agree
that it is easily done
politics
In Memoriam 1971 - by
Certain women. And some young boys.
/ Women with some uncertainties
/ but something they knew about
/ that made them need to say something.
/ Two of…
Here’s a health to them that’s awa - by
Here’s freedom to them that wad read,
Here’s freedom to them that wad write!
There’s nane ever fear’d that the truth should be heard,
But they whom the truth would indite.
Buddy, Can You Spare a Rhyme? - by
Buddy can you spare a rhyme, the time, / a line for Paisley?…
When the Times Darken - by
When the times darken / will there be singing even then? / There will be singing even then. / Of…
The Swine - by
The swine hangs on,
/ The swine hangs on to power,
/ The townsfolk mutter round the tower:
/
/ ‘Roast him, toast him,
/ Thin…
Threshold - by
Our strength is our difference. / Dinny fear it. Dinny caw canny. …
The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots - by
Tak ma croon, an dinna fash – / aa yon wis ower fur me lang syne.
from ‘a better tale to tell’ - by
politicians must become / better messengers / with a better tale / to tell…
The Storm - by
This might be the calm before the storm / or this might be the storm; / some are sunbathing on…
The Morning After - by
It’s those unseen things that bind us, / not flag or battle-weary turf or tartan. / There are dragons to…
Vietnam on My Mind - by
Gone doun ae Sunday to the back-green
/ to take her washing in, my wife was raped
/ up the back-passage by an unseen
/ unkent…