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Magnie da stangie bee
Da muckle bees wi yallo hoopit ganseys is Bombus magnus, Magnie tae dir freends. Du kens, maist o da bees du’ll see is lasses bit Magnie’s whit dey caa every last ean. Du hears dem when dey spölli...
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Containers
Nae mair, nae mair an evermair whit isna couldna be. Yon box will aye be empty an aye da box is keyed. Nae mair, nae mair an evermair whit wisna winna be. Or here or dere an aye some wye an...
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Sleepin ida kitchen
Waakened ida face o da microwave, reckit oot a haand an fan waa, an unit doors. Turned ower ta see da glöd o peerie red light bulbs lined up brightly alang dim laandmarks laek da Nort Mooth o Lerook...
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On visiting Sweden
(a twentieth century poem) Dis far ahead, I towt it widna maitter. I wis surprised. It took a start afore I realised wan difference dere, when da aald man spak, when faiders an midders, my generation,...
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Total control
I stöd ida shower dis moarnin an towt aboot love, fresh as spindrift, waarm as tost, wi ‘Total Control’, as haet as you laek whenever you laek...
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My graandmidder’s haands
I hae my graandmidder’s haands, she said. an we wid lay dem side by side an look at fingers, joints an nails an she wid smile an say da sken wis different an say I hed nae rings an I wid coont her...
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Dim Riv (daybreak)
Daylight comes oot o darkness slow rose an mylk-blue a wash o saft light somewye far tae da aest comin on brighter comin slowly, nae haste mylk-blue, baby-blue fresh rose day is comin! da world is...
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