Sheena Blackhall

Sheena Blackhall Poems
1001. | Highland Cow | 2/7/2010 |
1002. | How Many Times Can The Heart Break? | 6/29/2014 |
1003. | Of Auschwitz (7 Poems) | 2/23/2010 |
1004. | Views From A Window | 11/15/2014 |
1005. | Emigration Stone | 6/27/2011 |
1006. | The Address Remembers | 10/11/2017 |
1007. | Of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes (3 Poems) | 2/23/2010 |
1008. | Immigrant | 2/3/2015 |
Comments about Sheena Blackhall
Immigrant
I can't imagine dying in this land.
The neighbours here have doors graffiti-red
‘Why are you brown? ' another pupil asked
‘I think because my folks are brown, ' I said
Out on our landing, someone's dumped a bed
I dream in Hindi. I don't understand
The baby words in English in my school book
At games, or dancing, no one takes my hand
I miss the smells of curry, frangipani,
The steaming chai at Delhi's teeming stalls
The cooking fires. I even miss the sewers
The thieving monkeys with their chattering calls
I miss the temple incense, the bright ...
Wolf Prints
I write in a cold climate.
There may be a moon,
There may not. There may be snow,
There may not.
I write from need, from no-need.
I write from joy from no-joy.
My words are stones,
Skimming ancient water.
Finned poems,
Sheena is in my view one of the truly outstanding poets on Poem Hunter. The depth of her emotions and the power of her language constantly startle me. A great poet for the Granite City.
Hi Sheena,
We produce the local village newsletter for Portknockie, 'The K'nocker', and have reproduced many Doric poems in our editions.
Unfortunately, our resident poet, Ian Mair, has just passed away, and we wondered if you would allow us to reproduce some of your poems.
The one I'm looking at right now is 'The Check-Oot Quine's Lament.'
Great poem! !
Hi Sheena, love the rabbits first snow, a lovely poem, hope I can achieve such a standard one day
just wanted to say what a fantastic poet Sheena Blackhall is, in Aberdeensire Scots and English. Dont actually know whether my comment went in, as I am new to this amazing site
Fantastic poet in Aberdeenshire Scots and English, terrific poems: -)