Angela MillerScotstober #8
Pooer Pooer in wan man's hauns Is poison tae wir freedom It's nectar tae tyrants By Donkey Hotey #scotstober #scots #haiku #poyum
https://crowkitchentales.wordpress.com/2023/10/11/scotstober-8/
#Scotstober
Day 9 - Glade
Ovry day we maun stop
Ask wirselves whit maks us glade
Tae keep licht inside
#Scotstober
Day 10 - Wellsome
A sunset o colour
Maks a hairt wellsome tae see
At the days endin
#scotstober
Day 11- Marra
Fir this yin I dipped intae Galloway Gossip by Dr Robert DeBruce Trotter fir a tale about Leddy Douglas an the Lambs..
Reading from Galloway Gossip: Leddy Margaret
Day 12 - Grummlie
It's a grummlie day
Sun in, Sun out, Rain oan, aff
It maks me grummle
Day 13 - Fuil
Wha's the bigger fuil?
The fuil wha kens nocht nor thon
Fuil wha kens better?
Day 14 - Lurdan
Anither Reading frae Galloway Gossip the day. Comes wi a content warnin fir violent themes!
Reading From Galloway Gossip: Duggless
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
Day 16- Kemp
Fir this Ah will hae to promise tae dae a reading frae Galloway Gossip when Ah hae mah voice back agin! It's cited in the Dictionary of Scots Language here:
Gall. 1901 R. Trotter Gall. Gossip 153:
There was a kempin every year amang the “young leddies”, wha wud mak the best poem on a religious subjeck.
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
Day 18 - Disjaskit
Oan a bonnie street
In a bonnie toon, it stauns
Disjaskit. Waitin.
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 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
John Lennon Imagine Official video (HD)
Day 21 - Duil
Noo, Ah spent ages tryin tae come up wi a satisfactory haiku fir this, then suddenly Ah minded that I kenned the wird frae a song Ah sang jist the ither day at a local concert.
The song is cried 'The Four marys' an Joan Baez covert it wance. This is the version Ah ken, an Ah will record a version wance mah voice is back.
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!
