Sheena Blackhall Poems

Edinburgh/Auld Reekie
Embro: hame o Bovril an digestive biscuits
Hame o the fey, the feisty an the famous
An angel plays the bagpipes in St Giles
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Performers
Well, here I am in a little fishing village
Resting in a room kindly provided
Which I'll occupy for three days
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Norlan Lichts

1.Widdendreme o an Ashet
Yestreen I dreamt ma ashet
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Craa Owersetts

Scots Owersett of a Crow with No Mouth: Ikkyū Sōjun 1397-1481
Hearin a craa wi nae mou
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Ballet buns twist stray childish locks into shape
Flamingo legs of the young, the pink, and the pretty
Flex within pumps, and leotards and tutus
Pirouetting behind the curtain
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Ruminations
Before I'm pitched into the grave
I want to revisit lupins by the Dee
I want to savour lilac in a lane
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How many steps to yesterday?
To days of sun and clover?
Where is the map to show the way
To restart life fresh over?
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Wirds
Cam, lat us spikk in the leid o oor forefaithers
Lat us sing oot blithely usin the guid Scots wirds
Spik it in luve, in rage, in clishmaclavers
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Wishes
I wish for a good death
I wish I could heal those I have wounded most
I wish for the hurt earth to be nursed to wellness
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The Round Robin
Dear All,

Another year away! Here's an update
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