Her face was thrawed.
She wisna aa come.
In the trams o her airms
the wummin held oot her first bairn.
It micht hae been a mercat day
and him for sale…
—Alastair Mackie, “Pietà”
from The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongatebooks 2021
https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage
Ayont the linn; ayont the linn,
Whaur gowdan wags the gorse,
A gowk gaed cryin’: “Come ye in:
I’ve fairins in my purse…”
—William Soutar, “The Gowk”
published in Collected Published Poetry (Tippermuir, 2024)
April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #April1st
I wad ha’e gi’en him my lips tae kiss,
Had I been his, had I been his…
—“Mary’s Song”, by Marion Angus (1865–1946) – born #OTD, 27 March
published in THE TINKER’S ROAD and Other Verses (1924)
“She has an authentic voice straight out of the ballad tradition, an eerie shimmer to her best poems”
—Kathleen Jamie
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage
Serving Twa Maisters
Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation
⭐️LET WIVES TAK TENT: Robert Kemp
⭐️THE BURDIES: Douglas Young
⭐️THE SERVANT O’ TWA MAISTERS: Victor Carin
⭐️THE HYPOCHONDRIAK: Hector MacMillan
⭐️MR PUNTILA & HIS MAN MATTI: Peter Arnott
7/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/serving_twa_maisters/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #Scots #Scotslanguage #20thcentury
Scottish People’s Theatre
Plays by Glasgow Unity writers
ed. Bill Findlay
⭐️THE GORBALS STORY: Robert McLeish
⭐️MEN SHOULD WEEP: Ena Lamont Stewart
⭐️GOLD IN HIS BOOTS: George Munro
⭐️THE LAMBS OF GOD: Benedick Scott
⭐️ALL IN GOOD FAITH: Roddy McMillan
5/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/spt/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #20thcentury #Glasgow #Scots #Scotslanguage
Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots
in 2 vols
Translated by Martin Bowman & Bill Findlay
Ed. Martin Bowman
The energy & versatility of 8 of Tremblay’s Québécois plays, captured in Scots translation. Available from all good booksellers everywhere!
3/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/michel-tremblay-plays-in-scots-volume-1/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #translation #quebecois #Quebec #MichelTremblay #Scots #Scotslanguage
“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
“Silkie”
Joan Baez sings a version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (Joan Baez Vol. 2, 1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZy2Q3QY0Q
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #JoanBaez #Scots #Scotslanguage
“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”
—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)
22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭
🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)
#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals
Happy #WorldPoetryDay. 🌿🪿Here's my favourite poem, written by Violet Jacob called Norlan Wind (The Wild Geese), written in 1915. The melody was written by Jim Reid.
On 1 September 1863, novelist poet and fiction writer Violet Jacob was born in Montrose, where her family owned the house of Dun.
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Iona Fyfe