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Love is like a dizziness - by James Hogg

{ Poem }

O, love, love, love!
Love is like a dizziness;
It winna let a puir body
Gang about his biziness!

Foundation - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

‘What would you put in the foundation stone
/ for future generations?’ ‘A horseshoe,
/ a ballet shoe, a horseshoe crab, a sea-horse,
/ a sheriff’s…

Scotch Astrology - by Alexander Scott

{ Poem }

Omen
/ In the gloamin.

Charlotte - by Charlotte

{ Poem }

C is like an egg cracked in half for a cake
/ H is like a ladder climbing up to a fire…

Street Talk - by J. K. Annand

{ Poem }

There was a rammie in the street,
/ A stishie and stramash.
/ The crabbit wifie up the stair
/ Pit up her winda sash.
/
/ “Nou…

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…

The Loch Ness Monster’s Song - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

Sssnnnwhuffffll?
/ Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
/ Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
/ Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl –
/ gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
/ Hovoplodok…

Skipping Song - by Lorna Irvine

{ Poem }

Ma sister’s Spiderwoman
/ Lugs, een and neb (touch ears, eyes and nose)
/ Trap you, zap you
/ In her siller (silver) web.
/
/ Ma Granny’s the…

Roundabout - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

see postcard image below…

Jabberwocky - by Lewis Carroll

{ Poem }

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
/ Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
/ All mimsy were the borogoves,
/ And the…

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