Scotstober #2 dicht
It was a sare fecht
When Ah took a richt dull dicht
Frae thon music stand
#haiku #scots #scotstober #poyum
https://crowkitchentales.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/scotstober-2-dicht/
Scotstober #2 dicht
It was a sare fecht
When Ah took a richt dull dicht
Frae thon music stand
#haiku #scots #scotstober #poyum
https://crowkitchentales.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/scotstober-2-dicht/
This from Scottish Poetry Library is fab too; Responding To Burns
"We commissioned four women poets to respond to the life and work of Robert Burns. The group, known as The Trysting Thorns..."
Please listen to all the videos embedded on that page 🎧
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poets-responding-to-burns/
Burn's Night tonight, so getting the addres to haggis printed.
We have the haggis but maybe not enough of everything else, so maybe no cranachan BUT maybe some fusion meal 😋
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/address-haggis/
Also, a #FollowFriday (even though it's Thursday) is @scotlit for excellent toots about Scottish literature and more
Day 22 - Glower
Stay still, bawdron beast
Dinnae glower! Ach, crivvens
Weel, yer bonnie yet
Made up oan the spot so's Ah could get aw caught up oan the month!
Ah hink Ah made a few wee promises in there tae record stuff!
Day 20 - ablow
Ah dinnae believe
There's a Heaven aboun us
Nae Hell ablow us
Ah' wi John oan this.
https://youtu.be/ugrAo8wEPiI?si=9rE8YGq9SimTQt2p
#scots #scotsleid #haiku #poyum #writing #scrievin #song #johnLennon
Day 19 - Wanhap
A week o wanhap
Gowpin tooth an stinkin cauld
Mah man's back is cowped
Strugglt wi this wan, bit there yes gaun.
Day 18 - Disjaskit
Oan a bonnie street
In a bonnie toon, it stauns
Disjaskit. Waitin.
Day 17 - Hirple
Pity Auld Aiken Drum
Hirplin doon the kintra lane
Greetin fir a lost hame
Aiken Drum is the name o the legendary Brownie o Blednoch, wha William Nicholson scrieved this poyum about:
https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/brownie-of-blednoch.html
#scots #scotsleid #haiku #poyum #writing #scrievin #folklore
So, here Ah am, catchin masel up oan #Scotstober
It's been a few days, has it no?
Onywey..
Day 15 - Heize
Be heized up by hope
Even in sic mirky times
Fir it ay bides oan
Angela Miller
Rí Rua nan Earraich 🐦⬛