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Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Came ye by Killiecrankie, O?
—“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819).
The Battle of Killiecrankie ⚔️ was fought #OTD, 27 July, 1689. A Jacobite force led by Ewan Cameron of Lochiel & Viscount Dundee defeated a Scottish government army commanded by Hugh Mackay
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Hit wis da swans, dat’s whit it wis.
Dat’s whit set da day apairt.
Twa cygnets, happit in emsket,
a midder, a faider. A peerie geo
aa ta wirsels, whaar waves yockit
sands saftly, maas cried oot abun,
an da sun drappit waarmest hugs
apö wir shooders…
—Maxine Rose Munro, “A fine day”
published in NEW SHETLANDER #295, 2021
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/a-fine-day/
#Scottish #literatur
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We're ready to help get your bills down.
We're ready to break down your door
And gift you a pre-payment meter
To stop you from shivering more…
—Nuala Watt, “Important Information Enclosed”
published in The Department of Work & Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish (Blue Diode, 2024)
https://www.bluediode.co.uk/product-page/the-department-of-work-and-pensions-assesses-a-jade-fish-by-nuala-watt
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🎉PUBLICATION DAY!🥳
NAMING THE SNAKES
New Writing Scotland 44
Edited by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater
The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination. Available now from all good bookshops (& the evil one too, if you must)!
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws44/
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Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Whare hae ye been sae brankie, O?
Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad?
Came ye by Killiecrankie, O?
—“Killicrankie”, from James Hogg’s JACOBITE RELICS OF SCOTLAND (1819).
The Battle of Killiecrankie ⚔️ was fought #OTD, 27 July, 1689. A Jacobite forc…
We're ready to help get your bills down.
We're ready to break down your door
And gift you a pre-payment meter
To stop you from shivering more…
—Nuala Watt, “Important Information Enclosed”
published in The Department of Work & Pensions Ass…
You can listen to Maxine read “A fine day” here, via the Scottish Poetry Library:
https://soundcloud.com/scottishpoetrylibrary/a-fine-day
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shetland #Shetlandic
Hit wis da swans, dat’s whit it wis.
Dat’s whit set da day apairt.
Twa cygnets, happit in emsket,
a midder, a faider. A peerie geo
aa ta wirsels, whaar waves yockit
sands saftly, maas cried oot abun,
an da sun drappit waarmest hugs
apö wir…
David Keenan & Andrew O’Hagan: Boyhood
“A book of great joy, of laughter in the face of horror and delight in storytelling… BOYHOOD is a hymn to the resilience of youth, to the brave dreams of artists and lovers and a love letter to Glasg…
“Where are our roots? How do we make ourselves at home? How does the stranger come to feel at home? Maybe we need to remind ourselves of what a family is, what it could be, and what it stands for, to begin to make sense of the wider world.…
🎉PUBLICATION DAY!🥳
NAMING THE SNAKES
New Writing Scotland 44
Edited by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater
The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination. Availa…
A bird’s voice chinks and tinkles
Alone in the gaunt reedbed –
Tiny silversmith
Working late in the evening…
—Norman MacCaig, “July evening”
published in THE POEMS OF NORMAN MacCAIG (Birlinn, 2009)
https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-poems-o…
Words of the Wild Book Festival
29 September–3 October, Edinburgh
This autumn, immerse yourself in some of Scotland’s best nature writing at the first Words of the Wild Book Festival. Featuring online talks, panel discussions & creative wr…
That must have been a time of happiness.
The air was mild, the Campsie Fells had vines.
Dirigible parties left soft sky-signs
and bursts of fading music. Who could guess
what they might not accomplish…
—Edwin Morgan, “A Golden Age”
from “S…
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