…Man sall tak wings;
And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
To bigg his nest in the braid breast
O’ Cassiopeia
Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
Lippen on nae sin…
—William Soutar, “Apotheosis”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2016)
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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #space #spaceflight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight #Gagarin #Scots #Scotslanguage
It steppit like a stallion,
Wha’s heid hauds up a horn,
And weel the men o’ Scotland kent
It was the unicorn…
—William Soutar (1898–1943), “Birthday”
Another poem for National Unicorn Day 🦄 🏴
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
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I just noticed creative scotland put up a new job ad for a part time content creator position at the Scots language centre.
Thought some of my Scottish mutuals might be interested!
Are you ready for that great atomic power?
Will you rise and meet your savior in the air?
Will you shout or will you cry when the fire comes from on high?
Are you ready for that great atomic power?
Your carolan’s blythe, bricht bird i the blackthorn bou,
this braw Voar morn, wi trill eftir spirlan trill,
tho you only ken the warld as it liggs the nou,
an nocht but a glisk concerns your chatteran bill…
—Maurice Lindsay, “On Hearin a Merle Singan (Arbroath Day, April 6th, 1946)”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL 2016)
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
“‘Done is a Battell’ is not only a religious work but also a heroic poem depicting the triumph of good over evil, life over death, light over dark”
—Courtney Brown discusses Dunbar’s poem, & provides a full gloss, on the University of Stirling’s That Scots Lit Blog
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Done is a battell on the dragon blak,
Our campioun Chryst confoundit hes his force;
The ȝettis of hell ar brokin with a crak,
The signe triumphall rasit is of the croce…
—William Dunbar, c.1460–1520. The poem was most likely written when Dunbar was at James IV’s court
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A girnin, greitin deil wis I –
I wis auld, and feelin aulder.
Syne the heatin system burst in Hell:
It wis cauld – and gettin caulder…
—James Robertson, “Beelzebub Resurfaces”
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/beelzebub-resurfaces/
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