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Sheena Blackhall: Complete List of Poems
1. The Cyard's Kist: Rainbow Publishing 1984A Guid New Year
Aberdeen Memories
A Sair Miss
Bairn-Sang
Calvary
Eternal Record
Glen Muick.
Halloween
Hedgehogs
Hen’s Lament -
Hist ye back
Homecoming.
Images
In Absentia.
Johnny
Kith and Kin
Library
Loch Muick
Lost Youth
Mither Tongue
Pet Shop
Requiem
Roots
Shuffled Pack
Sklaik
Sunday School Picnic.
Teem Slate
The Bogie
The Cyard’s Coortin’
The Cyard’s Kist
The Dominic
The Falls of Muick -
The Lintie
The Sodjer
The Tryst
Urban Development - Cairnie Phase .
2. The Spik o the Lan: Rainbow Publishing 1986
A MITHER TINTBALMENNIE’S NELLBREEM BEDDITBULLCONDEMNED BUILDINGDALRIGGINDISPOSSESSIONDOON AN OOT
DORIC’S NO DODOFISHIE’S VANFOUR BAIRN SANGSGLOAMINHALLOWEENHORSE HURLJIST DANLAND HUNGERLETER FROM A DISTRESSED AUNTIELOT’S WIFEMISS MCBRODIIENARCISSUSNICHT FEARSNOAHOPHELIIAPASTORALPOINTS OF A COMPASSTHE COUNTRY DOCTORTHE FUNERALTHE GOWK AND THE STARTHE HOLOCAUSTTHE REIVERTHE ROUNDABOUTTHE SERPENT’S SANGTHE SPAE WIFETHE SPIK O THE LANTHE TEA PAIRTYTHE THWARTED SUITORTHE TIMKER’S SANGTIME SCALETOWSERTWA BAIRN DAYS X2TWO POEMS IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE X2 WINTER WOOINWIRDS
3. Hamedrauchtit: Rainbow Publishing 1987A Daunder ben Eden
Aboyne Games
Alpha and Omega
Auld Will
Bailater Bairnhood
Beaker Scot
Coull Kirkyard
Dee JourneyDestinyDwaum
Ferret in the Snow
Glen Muick i’ the Suddron Tongue
Glen Muick-i’the Mither Tongue -
Hame-drauchtit
Haundit Doon -
Heelstergowdie -
Kennin
Last Step
Love which is not a Word
Man in the Moon
Monaltrie’s Men
Ower Blate
Peat-Gaitherin, Birse
Phantasmagoria
Phoenix
River Ferlies -
Salmon Leap
Springin Cromar
The Back o Beyond
The Bonnie Banks o Dee
The Cuckoo Clock
The Poacher
The Slichtit Lassie’s Sang
The Stag, Cernunnos
Tomnaverie
Twa Burns
Twa Chiels
Twa Views o Glen Gairn
Watter
War-Time
Year’s End ‘
4. Nor East Neuk: Charles Murray Trust 1989#EVE an OEDIPUSA GIBBON ON EVOLUTIONACROSS A CROWDED ROOMBAIRN RHYMEBATBITTER SWEETBLIN ROBINBUIK LEARNINGCELESTIAL DISCOURSECROCKERY IN CONFABCUCKOODAWN AN GLOAMINDEID HAWK
EURYDICEFALLING ASLEEPGALLERYGENERATION GAPGILLIE CALLUMGRANNY’S PETGRAY’S SCHOOL OF ARTHEILAN GAMESHOLY WILLIESINCOMMUNICADOINTERCITYJEZEBELJOSEPH GILLANDERSJUMBOLADY IN WAITINGLANDLAST TANGO IN ABERDEENLATIN MISTRESSLEAFLITTER O LOVEMADAM BUTTERFLYMEDITATION NUMMER ANEMITHER TONGUENOR EAST NEUKNOR SEAOLD MR WORLDPATT6ERNS O LIFEPHOBIASPRODIGALPUPPETEERREFLECTIONSRESPONSIBLEROOm FUR REMEmBRANCESEED CYCLESISYPHUSSTRANGERS TAK TENTSTRATHBOGIE SPRINGSUFI OOR-GLAISSSUGAR N SPICESUNDAY SERVICETANTALUSTHE ARCHAEOLOGISTTHE ARCHING SYCTHE
THE BOUNDLESS SEATHE BRIDGETHE CORBIETHE DALLTHE GORBLIETHE GRANARYTHE LAKETHE PEARLTHE PUDDENTHE RITES O HAIRSTTIME LORDSTOUCHRAINBOWSTRUE TAMMASTWA FERLIESTWA ROADS TILL AN ENDULYSSESUNICORN IN UNION STREETVILLAGE SHOPVISITORS
1. Fite Doo/ Black Crow: Keith Murray Publications 1989 ISBN 1 870978 20XA STANE BI THE ALLT DARRARIEABERDONIANADDERAIR-RAID SHELTERAN ELEVATOR STOPPEDANGERAS ITHER’S SEE USAT THE GALLERYAUTUMN CITYBALLATER BAIRNHOODBARLEYBIRD’S EYE VIEWBRIDEBUTS AN BENSCANUTECARN NA CUIMHNECATCHAMELEONCHILDRENCHRISTMAS BLUES
COALDAFFODILS DELINQUENT’S SANGDOOKINDORICDREAMEARTHEMBRO TOUNEVEFEATHERFERRYMANFIR WIDFOR GEORGE BRUCEFOR JOSEPH FARQUHARSON RAGANGREL’S SANGGREEN PERACEGUID AN EVILHAIRST-HEIRSKIPHAUD GAUNHAUNSHEILAN TOASTICONOCLASTIDENTITYINSTINCTJEAN, BUCHAN WARD, CORNHILLLAIK -WAKE LAMENTLANG-LEGGED TAMLEAFLIBRARIAN READINGLINN O DEELINN O QUOICHLUE THY NEIBOURMA DEARIEMOLEMUIR O DINNETMULTIPLE HAIKUNAE BOUNDARIENANCY WHISKYNICHT DRIVINNICHT VISITORNOR EAST SECTIONOEANOF MAKKARSOF TRAVEL
OLD SCHOOL NOOSEON A READING IN GAELICPALETTEPOSSESSIONSPOSTMAN’S KNOCKPSYCHIATRISTQUASIMODOQUEEN’S CROSSSEAGULLSEA-SANGSECINT BIRTHSELF PORTRAIT AT 42SIDE SHOWSIT SICCARSSIX HAIKUSNASPECIIMANSPIDERSYCAMORETAK TENTTHE AIN THAT GOT AWATHE CRICKET AN THE ANTTHE HEIRESSTHE HOASTTHE LECHTTHE MEADOWS OF THE MINDTHE OPEN YETTTHE ROUPTHE SEASONS’ SOIREETHE STATETHE SWICKTHE TRYSTTHE UNCA GUIDTHE WINTHE YIRD AN THE MEENTOUCHTOURIST TRADEVAN GOCHVANISHING ABERDEENVINCENT’S BEDROOM IN ARLESVIVA AIBERDEENWATTERWINTERWINTER BURIAL
2. A Toosht o Whigmaleeries: Hammerfield Publishing 1991
AlanenessAutumnBallad; Begetters; BydandCharlie ChattsChristmas GrottoCockroach; Cooper & HayCorn Dolly; Corrichie; Dentist; Divorce; Dole Q Blues; Donna Buchan; Doric-Reggae-Spider-RapDrinking StagDuthie ParkEvil; Farewell to a Fleet; FlyForhooiedForth Rail Brig; Fower Scots HaikuGale; GerbilsGoose in the ParkGunHauns; Hello 1992, Goodbye ‘91; HogmanayHorse-Chestnut; KelpieKob AntelopeLast Rites; Letter frae a Distressed Heidie; Lily of the ValleyLooking Glass of a Foxy LadyMairtimas; Maisie C.ManfraMemory Rules,0.K.?; Mister McCafferty;mister toad; MooseNicht; Ninety;O’Riley was an Orchestra; Oh Lovely as a LilyOverheard at the Synod; Owersettins frae the Gaels XXXXXXPheasantPoem-Making; PollutionRabbitRaggie Maggie; Resettings of Japanese Haiku XXXXXResettings of TAng Dynasty poets; XXXXXXRoomsRugged Rascal; Single ParentStill Life;
The Hen’s Fareweel tae the MiddenThe Bodach’s Byre; The toun in Merch; The Clunie Burn; The Dog o the MiddenThe Halfin’s JoeThe PoemThe Queen o Bon AccordThe Scottish Antisyzygy; The Stane; The Tongue; Three Shape Poems xxxTwinkle Twinkle Little StarWalk on; Yalla
3. Back o Bennachie: Hammerfield Publishing 1993A Drap o Bluid Faas in the WineA Microscopic AlienA Thistle Luiks at a Drunk ManAiberdonian RecipeAu Clair de la LuneAuld Brig o Dee (Invercauid)Back o’ Bennachie: BalladDislikes: Dreamscape: Ego SumExcess Baggage: Fin I wis Fower an TwentyFire DanceFox: Grounded (Short Story)Hannah the HerdHatches Hinna GottaI am a Doric Stereotype: Incomers: Lament fur the Mither Tongue: Let the Records ShowLinn o Quoich: Ma Saul an I gaed Waukin: Mair HaikuMoosie, Moral DilemmaMrs B: Mushrooms: North East Nineties RapOctoberOf Pharaohs and Sardines: Onchancy: Original SinPeregrineRain-CycleScots Owersettins Freely Transcribed frae the Inglis Translations xxxxxxxxxSnoot n MouSquirrelStinkie, Takk the Buckles frae yer Sheen: The Bitin Game: The Chairman o the Panel
The Dinosaur: The Fish Gutter’s SangThe GossipThe Gowfer: The Gull Spikks Oot: The Hallierackit Heilander: The Hindu and the PandaThe Hinmaist Wird: The KeepsakeThe Leddie She Rides Jimp ‘n’ Sma: The Lion RampantThe Punk: The SheltThe Tale o Victor Vratch the CrawThe Tale o’ Rory the Stag (Bairn Tale)The TattiebogleThe WhigmaleerieThe Yang/Yin SangTomnaverieWhen I Stepped out of my Name: whiteYule:
4. Druids, Drachts, Drochles: Hammerfield Publishing 1994
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy ForeverABC. Alcudia.Bairn SangsBirdsang.Blue Bog. Bride & Groom.Bud.Bumble. Care. Daddylanglegs. Daith.Dauncers Doggerel. Doon in the Glen. Doric Food Rap. Endangered Species. Fairm Toun.FengshuiGarlogie School.Heich fur Houghmagandie.Here’s the kirk.I cast ma net.I’m growing old. In this Braif Toun’: Ins an Oots.JanuarJob Market. Kirk. lost.Toun Midgies. Mileage.Mistress Craw. No 636 Union Street (Bruce Miller’s) Owersettins frae Colotes. xxxxOwersettins frae Islam xxxx
Owersettins frae Kahlil Gibran xxxxxOwersettins frae Yunus Emre. xxxxxOwlParadise Prune StonesQuasimodo. Roman Villa, Simmer Strand.Simmer’s End. Skyscraper Faimly. Snailie. Sports DaySwanSwan Song. Tae the Sun.Tammy Tod. The AuldThe Bombing.The Burn & the Ben. The Futterat. The Heilan Fling.The Hornygollach.The Keepsake.The Man in the MeenThe Quoich. The Sang o AmheirginThe Scottish Bairnies’ Maker.Trial by Cutlery. Twa Haiku. Willie Tawse’. Winter. Yule & Simmer.
5. Stagwyes: Charles Murray Trust 1995 ISBN 09521142 59
A Drap o Bluid Faas in the Wine
Al-Maarri (Persian, d. 1058)
A Thing Of Beauty Is A Joy
Adder
Allt Darrarje — Burn of the Stunning Noise,
Autumn
Back o Bennachie
Bairn-Song
Ballad
Barley
Bat
Beaker Scot
Bog
Breem Beddjt
Bull
Corn Dolly
Daith’s Frien
Dawn an Gloam
Dee Journey
Delinquent’s Song
Doon an Oot
Earth
Embro Toun
Eurydice
Eve
Evil
Forever
Glen Muick
Glen Muick
Gloamin
Gun
Hairst-Heirskip
Hannah the Herd
Heelstergowdie
Heich Fur Houghmagandie!
I am a Doric Stereotype
Land
Land Hunger
Lang-Legged Tam
Loch o Abyne
Lost Youth
Lot’s Wife
Ma Saul an I Gaed Waukin
Man in the Moon
Multiple Haiku
Nicht Fears
Nor’ Sea
Pastoral
Peat Gaitherin, Birse
Phantasmagoria
Pine
Room fur Remembrance
Salmon Leap
Sang till the Unborn Bairn
Screived fur a Pictur
Simmer’s End: Deeside
Sna
Snoot n’ Mou
Spring in Cromar
The Boundless Sea
The Clunie Burn
The Flee
The Halflin’s Jo
The Hinmaist Wird
The Keepsake
The Lake
The Lion Rampant
The Rites o Hairst
The Serpent’s Sang
The Slichtit Lassie’s Sang
The Stag, Cernunnos
The Tryst
Three Shape Poems
Tornnaverje
Vincent’s Bedroom in Aries,
Winter Woojn
Year’s End
Yule
6. Lament fur the Raj: G.K.B Enterprises 1996 ISBN 0952 655403
Angus Calder: A Strand of FiddlersAnither Time, Anither Place;
AntigoneBàrdachd Galdhlig
Clachan in Blin-Drift; Colours
Death, Where is Thy Sting?Derrick McClure: A Prayer for the Leid
Family FavouritesGimme-Time Blues
Haiku: José .Juan TabladaIn the Monastery; Jet in the Gloamin
Joy Hendry: On Sheena BlackhallKen Morrice: Sangstress
Lament for the RajMeditation
MeyNeon City
NichtOor Lives arc Burnies
Pheasant an ArraRam on the MoorRam on the Muir
Spring Dawn;Spring the Postie;
Spring, the River, Flooers, The Ark
The Birr o Tractors;The Hero
The Littlinthe Meen:
The Sang o the SeannachieThe UFO
Thoombnail TheologyTod in the Toun
VillanelleWanted
William Neil!: They say: what say they? Lat thaim say Wy/ins Frae A Festschrift fur Sheena Blackha//
Zen
7. The Life Bluid o Cromar: Hammerfield Publishing 1997.Saxteen Japanese Haiku xxxxxxxxx
Seeven Poems frae the Orient, xxxxxxxx
Watter-Music,
Ae Greek Poem
Ae Moroccan,
After the Parrty’s Over
Ane Hymn fur Hymen
Braemar Gaitherin
Brooders
Bull
Bus Hurl
Clean Connached,
Davie Green the Grocer Oh,
Dream City
Felled Wood,
Finnish Poem
Ghaistie
Giro-Land,
Girse,
Grace
Heilan Breeze,
Hornygollach Games
I am a Poem,
Ibiza, Ibiza,
Idols
In Coilie’s Wid
In Ma Faither’s Clachan
In the Glen far I wis Young.
Lament fur a Bard
Leddylanners,
Leopard (Yoruba)
Industrial Relations,
Lochnagar(1),
MacCaig
Mair Sangria Por Favor
Mango Eater
Mar Mediterraneo
Marriage
Masonic Temple
Maths Teacher,
Memory,
November,
Oh Gently Gently Rins the Dee
On Supposed Sighting of a Haggis
OWERSETTINS - The Hag o Beare (Irish),
Parents,
Rain Cycle,
Return of an Unpleasant Guest,
SOS.
Spring,
Storm
Technology
Telephone Call,
The Black Colonel,
The Chaumer
The Check-Oot Quines Lament
The Draught,
The Gairden,
The Gowk
The Jogger
The Legacy,
The Life Bluid 0 Cromar,
The Local
The Magical Tower
The Plaid,
The Poetry of Sorley MacLean
The Purist’s Poseetion,
The Shielin Guest Hoose
The Torry Terror
The Waddin
Thochts,
Three Auncient Egyptian Poems xxx
Three Poems in December xxx
To a Teenage Daughter
Toun an Kintra,
Towrists,
Triptych
Tryst wi a Hedgehog,
TV Toppers
Twa Eastern European Poems xx
Village Clock
Weather,
Widow,,
Winter
Xmas
12. Gliong Gliong: Hammerfield Publishing 1997 * Sine NicThearlaich (Gaelic& Scots)AIBERDEEN
BAIRN O THE MUIR
BLAIK WYVER
BLYTHENESS
HEILAN BREEZE
KITTLIN
LEDDYLANNERS
LOCHNAGAR
MA FAIMLY
MEMORY
MERRIEGE
PARENTS
RETURN O AN UNSOCHT GUEST
SPRING (1) & (2) xx
THOCHTS
THRANG TOUN
WIDDA
YON IS NAE MA LOON
1. Millennium Blues: Hammerfield Publishing 1999
A WALK IN A MONASTERY GARDEN.
AN E-MAIL TO THE MOON
AULD CA1LLEACH
AUNT MAY
CA-CANNIE
COLIN’S CATTLE
CYCLIN UP GLEN
DAYBREAK
DIET
FUR A NEW FAND BRITHER.
I REMEMBER.
IAIN DUBH’S LAMENT
JANUARY
LETIER TO A DEAD MAKAR
MAISTER PUDDOCK
MAISTER TAED
MILLENIUM BLUES
MUCKLE HUMPHREY
NICHT-FAA
ODE TO AN UNKIND REVIEWER
OIL
SAE LUELY LUELY R]NS THE BURN
SAMYE-LING
SHRINE IN THE WOODS
SNAILIE
SONNET FUR NI DHOMHNAILL
SPINNERS IN SPACE
SUBTENANTS
TATTIE HOWKERS
THE BARON BAN
THE BURN BI THE GREEN LOCHAN
THE DEE,
THE ESKDALE YOWE
THE GORBLIE
THE HEDONIST
THE LASS 0 BRAEGARRIE
THE LITTLE TREE
THE MINIMALIST’S GUIDE TO GLEN GA1RN
THE PIPER’S COORT]N
THE POWSER.
THE PRIDE 0 TULLICH
THE THREE GRACES
THE TRAFFIC LICHTS SANG
THE WISHENG TREE.
TWA FUTTERATS.
TWO LINE,ONE WORD,SHAPE POEMS. XXXXXXXXXX
VILLEIN-ILL
WAITRESS.
WHAT DO CRICKETERS DO IN WINTER?
2. The Hielanman's Sporran: /G.K.B.Enterprises 1999 ISBN0952655438
A CROCUS OPENS
A FLIGHT OF SWANS
A PIEBALD SKY
AHIN THE KNOCK
AL QING
ALANENESS
BACK EYN O THE YEAR
BEGGAR IN THE DOORWAY
CATALLUS POEM C1
CATALLUS POEM XXX1
CATALLUS A CLANDESTINE AFFAIR
DAITH O APRINCESS
DEVOLUTION
FUNERAL
GAMBLIN CHIELS
GILLANDER’S QUAICH
GOLFER’S BLUES
HAMEDRAUCHTIT
HOGMANAY
HUMAN PATHS
KEEKIN AT FUSHES
MENTOR
OLD HOUSES
ON BARDERIE
PARALLEL STROLLS
RICHT ROYAL DRAM
SCIENCE
SOUN O THE NICHT
STAG AT BAY
SWALLOW
TARLAN SHOW
THE HEILANMAN’S SPORRAN
THE BEE
THE BLAIKIE’S SANG
THE BLATE LUVER
THE CAT AND I ARE BONDING
THE CHASTE WIFE’S REPON
THE FOWER AGES O MAN
THE GEESE GYANG HAME
THE KILL
THE LAIK-WAKE VIGIL
THE LAW O ASYLUM
THE MAID O BENNACHIE
THE SERPENT ‘S SANG
THE STOOKIT SHAIF
THE WALLIE
TRIADS
ULYSSES
WINGS OF DEATH
WYTIN IN LINE
XLI YUNUO
XMAS BLUES
YULE
15. Death, Demons, Perfume and Pearls : Limousine Bull 1999
A WHEEN HAIKU
CLOCK FACE WOMAN
DANCE OF DEATH
GRIOGORAICH
HAME
LOCH VOILE
MARRIAGE
RED BALLOON
SPURGIE
STONE STAIRWAY
THE KELPIE
WHY CAN’T
16. The Twa B's: Shopmobility 2000African MerketBogCryptDominoes HoosiesLow Ebb Milly Frae TillyMother won’t mindNight OwlsPolis Maitter RoseSilver The Beautiful Snails The Forvie BraesThe Green BooerThe Wirm
Velasquez veesits a ferm kitchie in SkeneWylin fur the bus
17. The Telepathic Butcher's Boy: SPA 2000PURPLE. REINCARNATIONREQUIEM OF AN OFFICE WORKERSOOKERS. THE WEATHER FORECASTWHITEWOBBLY.
18. The Singing Bird: G.K.B. Enterprises 2000 ISBN 0952655446
Ae Mey Morning Autumn at King’sCornfield MemoryDéjeuner en Plein AirDogDour Winter’s Daen DreichElphinstane’s Salute tae Drum CastleFalling Leaves at King’s CollegeFailureFebruar: Howe o CromarFoo Dae Fowk?HugoI am the BouerIn ParliamentKaleLarickLetter Tae a far CountrieLife’s Muckle CairtMile End RevisitedMuseNightatNiggBayNocturne: Torry BridgeOn a Prehistoric Child’s RattlePictures at an ExhibitionPortree: In Memoriam lain Crichton SmithReincarnationScotlandSic BlythenessSmother-MotherSt Machar’s Cathedral, Aberdeen, 1999Ta-Ta at the HinnereynThe Broch (for George Bruce on his Ninetieth Birthday)The Chap o TwalThe Flooer (after Alexander Pushkin)The ReaperThe Singer (after Alexander Pushkin)The Singing BirdThe Stag on the Brae an the Wee Wee SangThe Wirm in the AippieThree Deeside Don QuixotesWaddins at King’s CollegeWhy I Like SingingWiddershins WorldWinter Walk, Glen Muick
Breughel’s PaintbrushCeevilisationChristmas Day
Coming and GoingEnds and BeginningsGloaminHogmanayHouseIn Barnardo’s WindowInter-KittyKey to the KingdomLuvMasculine LogicMillennium HogmanayMiss HeroinMr Bleaney’s RoomOn Eirde as it is in HeivenPersephonePrimal AngstPurpleSteeplechase: the Creative Challenge CupSuckling SowThe Famous PoetThe Mither Kirk o AiberdeenThe Only Bloody Hill in ScotlandThe Scott PlatformThe VeesitorThird EyeTimeTristesseTwo Poems from the Chinese XXWhite
19. Dancing with Maenads: Keith Murray Publishing 2000A Very Superior Pussy. Wooden JacketAberdeenAeniad:Bulk Vi.Alice.AirportAutumn 1. Autumn 2. Bus Hurl: Aberdeen- KeithByron Square, NorthfieldCatChanticleer’s Wife.Collection DayFire.GloamingGoatHand LuggageHumanity ManseI maun gyang down tae the Quay again. Ice CreamInternet. Littlin, Low EbbOn Passing a Used Condom on the way to Humanity ManseOverheard at the Exhibition. Peppermint and a Carnation.Polish Day.
PylonQueen’s Cross. Sci-fi in Suburbia’ Scotch n’ WatterScott House: Amerada Hess Song of an Impoverished AberdonianSouth Silver Street CrossingStarsTattie Howkers. StarsThe Bramble Picker - -The BusThe Citadels of SandThe Gull Spikks BackThe MoonThe Nor East WindThe Powser. TiesTint.Tree. Twa Hoodieswww.bonaccordcentre.co.uk
20. Skin Balaclava: Finavon Print and Design ISBN 0-9528813-7-3 2000 A FLATULENCE O PUDDOCKS
A NORTH EAST ZEN KOAN
BERVIE BRAES
BRAES O SKENE
BREAKTHROUGH
CASTLEGATE DOO
COCKEREL
COTTAR HOOSE
COWS
CULLERLIE WID
EARS
FALCON
FAREWELL MY LOVE
FISH
FOR JIM, FIVE YEARS DEAD
GATE CRASHER
GATES OF ST. MACHAR’S CATHEDRAL
GOOSE
GRADUATION DAY
GULL
HIGHLAND DAWN
HOGMANAY
HUNTLY HAWK
IDEAL HOME
LAST ONE OFF THE TREE
LATE NIGHT BUS
LITTLE BIRD
NIGHT CITY
ORGY IN FORRES
SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY, GLESGA
SCRUBBER
SEA SANG
SEAMUS HEANEY’S PEN
ST MACHAR’S CATHEDRAL
SUBLIMATION - EROS AND THE MUSE
SUNDAY BEACH
SWING HIGH, SWING LOW
THE AENEID VI
THE ALCHEMY OF POETRY
THE BAWD
THE BISHOP’S BELLS
THE CHANONRY
THE MEENLICHT LOCHAN
THE WELL AT KING’S
THE WYE O THE WIRM
TURNING THE PAGES
VEESITOR’S CENTRE UNICORN
WAR TOURIST
WINTER BEECH
WOMAN
21. Spik nae Evil: Gordon Booth Publications ISBN 0 9526554 5 4 2001BAACASTLE CREEPIECROCODILECUPIDDENTISTGIRNY GEORDIE BUCHANHILDA THE HIPPOHOOLETJUMBOKUNG-FU-CHUCKENPETER PERCY PENGUINPRU THE COOPUDDOCKRHONA RHINOCEROUSSNAKETHE COMPETITORTHE DINOSAURTHE MONSTER’S PLEATHE TALE O GEORDIE THE GERBILTHE TALE O PLINKY FAE PLONGWINNIE WIDDERSHINS THE WITCHYASMIN THE YOWE
22. Bringing up theTail:Finavon Print and Design ISBN 0-9541689-0-9 2001ANGEL-FACE
BOAR
DEFLOWERING
DUTHIE PARK
FEY FERLIES
FOO MONY HOOLETS?
FUSSLIN JOCK
GHOST STORY HEARD AT A BUS STOP
GLOBAL HOGMANAY
HIGHLAND COW
ICONS 0 SCOTLAND
JOHN BARLEYCORN
JUSTICE NEUK
LEAD WOLF
LOCKED DOOR
ODE TO A PAT1O
RAP ON THE MODERN IN-BRITS IN POETRY
SEA GOD
SIMMER BI GARLOGIE
ST MACHAR’S CATHEDRAL
THE CHANGELING KYRIELLE
THE HERRIN FLEET
THE ROSEBUD
THE TUNE THAT LOWPED AFF O THE FIDDLE
THE VRICHT O KING’S: MEDIAEVAI. MAKKARS
TOUN JUNCTION
TREE
WINTER, CRAIG ENDARROCH, I)EESI I)E (extracts)
23 Boorich o Breets: Severin Books 2002
A Sabre Tooth Tiger ReflectsAn Open Letter of Complaint to Loch NessBathroom Bogle
Beetle
Birds from a Hospital Window
Black Mamba Mama
BowfinChuddy
Cow
Dead Robin
Death of a Rabbit
Deid Stag’s Sang
Dragons
Duck
Ducks on the Dee
Field Moose
Fly
Fruit Bat
Fur
Geese, New Deer
God Backwords
Goose-Herd
Gull
Hedgehog
In the Middle of the Night
Invocation to the Egyptian Sun-God Re fae an Aiberdeen cooncil Bakkie
Kim Hippopotamus
Kitty the Croc
Lamb
MogNew Deer Sheep
Opal
Pan
Peacock at Cullerlie
Phoenix on the Wall
Poodles
Rabbits out of Hats
Rat
Ruby
Screeching Gull (1
Screeching Gull (2)
Seagull
Serpent
Sheep
Skinnymalinkie Centipede
Smokey Duggan the Campus Cat
Sparrowhawk.
Sphinx and Chimaera
Spider
Spider’s Web
Taddies
The Albatross
The Bawd bi the Dee
The Boddam Cat
The CrowTrap
The Doo o Peace
The Futterat Poem
The Gurks: Hamish, lzzy
The Hawk’s performance at Woodend Barn
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Sighting
The Minotaur
The Necromancer’s Tiger
The Peregrinations of a Pluscarden Aphid
The Taxidermist’s Fox steps out of his sawdust pelt
The Tiger
The Unicorn
Three Wise Sheep
Toads in March
Wee Glesga Hen
Wee Laird o the air
Werewolves
Willie WirmYowe’s Lament to the Ram
Yowes on Knowes
24 A Boorich o Fowk: Severin Books 2003A Fairmer’s Stance on Mowdies
A Partial Rainbow
A Poem About Unwritten Stories with a Rural Settin
A Rhetorical Ode to Balmoral Midgies
A Visit to Rome
An Appeal fae a Cuddy-Ainer
Balquidder Super- Hero
Benedictines
Church and Still Horizon (I)
Church and Still Horizon (II)
Cod ee-d Kate
Crystal Sea (I) and (II)
Dulse an the Santoor Dulcimer
Faldie: A Buchan Fermer
Firm Staun the Braes
Green Belt Blues
Magic Flute
Mechanical Yeomen
Meditation
Naiad
People Who Visit
Pluscarden Abbey
Safe Haven (I) and (II)
Sea Dog (I)
Sea Dog (II)
Sea Lass
Sentinel (I) and (II)
Staunin Stane
Stroke
The Big Gray Man o Ben MacDhui
The Loss o Laneliness
The Pig-Man’s Companions: Suckling Sow Hugo xx
The Tarland Wizard
Twitchers of Tyrebagger Alert
Vespers
Vigil
Wiston:
Woods
A Country Minister Watches a Perching Eagle
Airport Landin
Basho at the Wigtown Book Festival
Beach
Deeside Fowk in Winter
Evil Hedgehog
Fit Like Mr High Rise?
Fly-cup Makker
Fruit Bearers
Geordie Jamesone
Highland Village
Hooligan
Ideal Pet fur an Ideal Hame
In a Survivor’s Gairden
In the Park
Katy Beardie
Mithers’ Meetin
Mr McCafferty
On the Bus
Pollution
Rainy Nicht
Simmer Wauk, Brig o Dee
Skyscraper Faimly
The Aiberdonian
The Green Licht: Alternative Transport
The Laird o Mist an Muir
The Lan Far Ballads Growe
The Law Court
The Ramblers’ Poem
The Road
The Traffic Light’s Perspective on Pedestrians
Timmer Mairket
Trinity Hall
Two Note Joe
Unner the Plooman’s Buit
View o Aiberdeen
Village
Walrus Villanelle
Wednesday Again
With My Elbow on the Counter of the Bar
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25Queeriorrals: Severin Books 2003
A Poem about Famous Doorknobs
Charon’s Passengers
Flowers
Hope
I’m Pulling Myself Together
Jacob’s Ladder
Leftovers
Moustaches
New Cottage Industry: Egg-HeadScotch an Wry
Sleep Fast, We Need the Pillows
TarotThe Alchemist
The Clay Speaks to the Potter
The Psychiatrists’ SafariThe Thinker
Bleeding Angels
Cat-Scan: A Brain’s Soliloquy
Crunch Time
Deevilick, Deevilick
Druid
Journey to the Amitobha Buddha, Forres
King Charles I
Leather
Oo
Poem Factory
Poem Train
Silk
1. Cradlit, Coortit, Waddit, Kistit : Severin Books 2003 (Winnlestrae) A Social Eddy
Adultery
An Open Letter to Mr MacNormal
Angel-Face
Annie’s Sang
Brahms an Liszt
Bride
Brother
Candlemas: The Purification of the Virgin
Central Belt
Chaunce Encoonter
D.N.A.
Dead Wood
Déjà Vu
Echtsome Reels
Fitstep
Flirt
Funeral
Homage to the Ancestors
I Believe
Julian Petrocles Proctor-Jones
Junkie’s Jewels
Maelstrom
TableThe Dream
The Montrose Song
The Worry
Maternity
Myndin on Granda
Ophelia
Parkin Lot Nummer 44
Past Tense
People-Provider
Ravelins
Salute tae Toronto
Scraps from a Wedding Album
Soundscape
Still Life with Knife
The Low Road Hame
The Marriage of Blue and Yellow
The Massacre of the Innocents
The Moon Speaks
The Neebor
The Send-Aft
The Tryst
The Watcher in the Grass
The Young Achilles Lies Apairt fae his Armour
Tickin Clock
Visit to a Brother’s Girlfriend
Waterbabes
Wedding Party
Widow
Winnlestrae
Young Toun Crazies Rule, OK
2. The Dule Tree: Finavon Print and Design ISBN 0-9541689-6-8 2004 A Concrete PoemA Dip in the Pool A Poem for the Ace of Clubs at 3 am
A Postcard from EnglandAuld Man o the Sea Birthday Blips in Transmission Buchan in Winter
Burn WatterCock-Craw Country Bus
Dark Night of the TreesDauncin Bear. Death
Displacement
Drinking Crow in the River Sid
Easter LammieEird Hoose Epiphany Forever and Ever Four Small Ducklings Enter an EquationGranmither Harem Hauns Hindu Coo, HorseHowdie Incantation
It’s a Sair Fecht Jacob’s Ladder, Sidmouth, NoonJaipur PigJuly in ArlingtonKang-a-roo
Keeking GlaissMagnificent Dali Midgie MatrixMonkey, City Palace, Jaipur Moon
Mugging a Slug
Nine Monsters at a PartyOld Woman Old Woman & Pig.On Telling a Werewolf Story Pass-word PiIlow-Pouer/ Faain asleep on the Job Salute tae the Smithsonian Sanctuary WoodSchemie Bairns School Visit of a Scots SpecialistSnake Charmer, Uttar Pradesh SunThe Artist’s Store The Changlin Burn
The Dule TreeThe Dying Room The Elephant PoemThe Flooers o War The Heron
The Lambing
The Last Hillman
The Learning Curve
The Pieta of Stone and Twig
The Regional Accents o Puddocks
The SaddhuThe Shoes Three Breets seen frae a Bus Windae Twa Queens Victorian Bairns Wasps’ NestWolf Prints Worm
3. Diminishing Lines…………..Thistle Reprographics 2004A Brocher’s Fareweel, A Jesus Sandwich, A Slice of Sunday, AffirmationBluebell WoodBon AccordBridge of DonBrig o Balgownie (1)Brig o Balgownie(2)Coastal Episode, Conference of SnailsDaisy ChainDhanakosaDialogue with TableDiminishing Lines, Diving for Poems,
Epitaph for a HealerFridge, GullsHospital, In a Hindu Temple, InterlopersKai-moon’s Dip, LatchyLazarus, Melancholia, Midnight House, Now and AgainOrangePantheist in a Hey ParkPebbles, PeppercornPersley Walled GardenPollockshields East, River in May,Ruin in a CornfieldSeaman on a Stormy PierSeascape Seawashed, SecretsShopping Trolley, Show me your Shining Teeth, Singing Event, Sky, Sea, Beach, The Existential Dilemma of Ordinary Objects, The Hiccuping DirectoryThe Horticultural Poem, The MartThe Merriege o ConvenienceThe Prosthesis speaks, The Telling PoemThe VeesitorThe Veggies’ Response to the Vegan, The Washing, The Yalla YeitieTitles of Incubating Poems, Tree BarkTree of Life, Tree, Visibility Moderate, WaaWave, Winter’s wytin roon the Neuk,
4. Preparing to meet the Minotaur………Thistle Reprographics 2004A Book comes off the peg.
A Horse is an Honest Species.
A Letter from the Archangel Gabriel.
Alistair.
Auld Crocs.
Birthday Boy.
Boulder.
Braille Land.
Bugs Migraine.
Bull Leaper.
Caught on the Hop.
Citizen Seagull.
Commodities.
Crabs and Haloes.
Crossing the Rubicon.
Curtain Call.
Daffodil.
Death of a Fox.
Death of an Eel.
Degas Absinthe Drinker.
Deid Balloon.
Diamond Carrot.
Double-barrelled.
Dragon-fly.
Facilitator(ii).
Fever Ward.
Filleter(i)
Footprints.
For Tessa Ransford.
Fur.
Furniture.
Gaudeamus lgitur.
Ghaistly Dauncers.Greyfriars Bobby Discovers Balquidder.
Harebell.
Home Sweet Home.
Job Description.
Judas.
Lean Pickings.
Les Fleurs du Mal.
Lily Pad.
Loaded Question.
Luikin in the Coffin.
Marie Antoinette in the country.
Maths Co-ordinates.
Matter.
mr poseidon.
Mr Success.
Nettle Rules, OK.
Not Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Office.
Old Trout.
On Cloning.
On Singin Gallawa Hills.
On Supply.
Panacea.
Playgrun Fecht.
Poem Path in the Botanics
Preparing to meet the Minotaur.
Prison.
Punctual.
Robes.
Sam Coleridge’s Favourite Tipple.
Seen from a Low Flying Helicopter.
Shards.
Skeletons off Prince’s Street.
Sleep.
Small Movements on the Shore.
Snail’s Nuptials.
Snow.
Strange Converse.
Tart and Cream.
The Burning Brand.
The Computer’s Day oot.
The Gracefu Trinity.
The Primary Source.
The Question. Age.
The Rocher Brew.
The Sangster.
The Scottish Year (continued).
The Scottish Year.
The Villanelle Therapy.
Thochts on Meevement.
Three Craas an the Law o Karma.
Three Tinkers.
Toothache.
Tussle.
Twa Brithers at Seaton Chippie.
Under the Full Moon.
Waddin Toast.
Walking Meditation.
Wee Fite Rose.
What Lies Behind the Word.
Willow Pattern.
Wish Giver.
Wishbone.
Wolf Pack.
You.
Yule.
Zebra.
5. The Wizard o the North……………………Thistle Reprographics 2004Big Issue
Diet
Doric Food RapElly Broon
European Scots
Frankenstein’s Lullaby
Ghaists an Bogies
Gimme Time Blues
Halloween (I)
Halloween (I)
Hauns
Hingin oot the WashinHinna GottaLetter fae a Distressed Heidie
Ma Deane Maisie CNewspapers
Raggie Maggie
Romans
Egypt
Skyscraper Faimily
SOS
The Bombing
The Check Oot Quine’s Lament
The Dinosaur
The Fish Gutter;s Sang
The Sodjer
The Tattiebogle
The Traffic Licht’s Sang
The Unfeenished SymphonyThe Weather ForecastThe Windae Cleaner’s GuideThe Wizard o the North
The Worry The Dream
This is the Hoose Jack Biggit
Twa Bairns
Victoria an Albert
VikingsWorld War 2
6. Katy the Crocodile………………….Thistle Reprographics 2004Bath-Room Bogle
Bus
Charity Shop
Charlie Cheetah
Dentist
Dinna be Roch
Dyeuk
Fitbaa
Foo Mony Hoolets?
Forkietailie
Giraffe
Guy Fawkes
Hedgehog
Hoolet
Katy the Crocodile
Leddylanners
Midgies
Missus Kingaroo’s Pooch
Mollochy Mowdie
Octopus
Robin Reidbreist
Sam Suzuki
Shoppies Mr Ted
Snailie (I)
Taxi Driver Doctor Postie
Teacher
The Bengal Tiger
The Cat’s Pyjamas
The Heilan Coo
The Robin Sang
The Slater
The Snaile (ii) (iii)
The Warlock
Towser the Tyke
Watchin TV
Wee Neep
Willie Wirm
7. The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Thistle Reprographics ..........2004 (Poems)
A Bito Embro Rough. A Real Doll.A Thing Worth Knowing. Airport Ambience. Anaesthesia. Buddha-WoodCaledonian Antisyzygy. Candleflame.Church Hall.Climbing Mortlich. December Song. Deer Skull.Deid an Alive. Easter. Eird Hoose.Epiphany.First off the MarkFloodFollowing Van Gogh’s Star.Furniture takes Stock. Girl with a Pearl Earring. Hannibal Lecter’s Alternative Xmas Dénner.Journeys (i) (ii)King Canute at the Gym. Last Portrait of George Mackay BrownListenersLittle Red Riding Hood’s Lovely Furry Suit.lntimate.Mandala o the Sizzens.Meditation on a Train. Midsimmer.Mormaer o Mar. New Year’s Resolution. November: Coastal Journey.Onslaught. Open Day, Waldorf School.Orange Slice in a Cocktail. Party Pieces.Proletariat of the Future.Red River, Red Sky. Spitfire Veg. Station.Statue.Still Life Movie.Stories (I)Stories (ii). Suicide Lady.The Anatomist. The Excommunicated Hand.The Gasman Cometh. The Hermit & the Raptor.
The SingerThe Song of the Corn. The Story in the Corner. The Toad on the Rock.The Whale in the Boatie. Theatre Visit. Train Journey.Two Couplet Persian Ghazal.What Summertime does best.
8. The Lan o Tea an Tigers Thistle Reprographics ......................... 2004 (Poems)A News wi a Parten. American Interlude.An Elephant’s Moo.At Gandhi’s Shrine
At Lord Siva’s Shrine. Bangkok MasseuseBear in a Thai ZooBurmese Coo.Castles in the Air. Elephant RideFarang. Flute Seller.Good Morning Black and Yellow Bird. Harvest-Time.Hornygollach.July in Arlington.Kam-Lai. Larks’ Tongues.LessonsMonsoon. No Passport Needed.OakOilman.Progress.Pool in a Hotel Complex. Ricki-Ticki-TaviSalamander.Shorthand Notes on Tall Buildings. Solo Flight. Steamed Rice. Supersonic. Taj MahalTaxi-Driver’s Buddha. Thai, Thai.The Colonel’s Widow Stating her OpinionThe Lan o Tea an TigersThe Lion and the Eagle. The Phillipino Fisherman.The River Kwai.The Watterbuffalo. Throw the Purdah o Calvin an HolyroodTrick or Treat. View from a Skyscraper.Wang-Kher. Yalla Dug.
9. The Tower o Babel Thistle Reprographics .. .................................2004 (Owersettins)A Byordnar Bonnie DreamA Sang. Myndin on GrandaAe NichtAybydan BraithCaunles.Dauchlin bi Wids in a Snawy GloaminDyewdrap. EencemairForge me on yer AnvilFruit Gathering.Gloamin. I like ma bodyIlkie DayIlkie Pikk o this YirdKrinioLangins. Mids o Life. Narcissus NabbitOor Faithers hid pouerfu Sangs. PairtinPtarmiganSang o the Open Road. Screivins.Short Buddhist Puja (F.W.B.O)Skins as Auld Testament.
Speirin fur Faith. Tae Tryst Ferlies Ooto their Queenly QuatenessThe Delight Song of Tsoai-TaleeThe Fairmer Spikks tae the ScholarThe Lochan. The Pictur. The Road I didna takkThe Sang o a Boozin CronieThe TounThe TummlerThe War o NervesThochts. Twal early Japanee Haiku xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
10. The Boddamer's Monkey Thistle Reprographics ........................2004 (Poems)A New Deer Ferm. A Sang o the Western Isles.Aikey Fair.Albert Terrace.Antigone.Back Eyn at Bennachie. Back Street.Balquidder Blackie’s perspective.Bog.Braemar Gaithenn. Bridge by a Housing Scheme. Brig o BalgownieCastle Fraser.Cruickshank Gardens, Dyke in a Clarty Airt.Eggs an Bacon.Evening, Dhanakosa, Baiquidder.Former CinemaFyvie Castle. Grampian Police H.Q.The Boddamers’ Monkey.House in Afileck Street. Housing Scheme Telecommunications Mast. Huntly.June bi the Cluny.Lament fur a Brither.Late Evenin, Loch Voile. Lecture on a Simmer Evening.Lilac Buss in a City Lane. Minimalist’s Guide tae the Dee. Nigg Bay.Old Aberdeen.Parking Squirrels.Pet Shop Fish. Rubislaw QuarrySalute tae a Bonnie Fechter. Salute tae Twa MakarsShrine Room in a Glen. Sidmooth at the Ploy. St Machar’s Gate, Evening, July. The Braes o Ballater.The Huntly Gaitherin. The Sidmouth FestivalThe Styx Rins Ben Baiquidder.The Ythan Pearl.Tyrebagger Earth House. Winter & Summer.Zoo Building.
11. The Humpty Dumpty Man Thistle Reprographics ......................2004 (Poems) ACROSS THE BRAID ATLANTIC
ADVICE TAE A HYTERERA FERRY O POEMS HAS DOCKED AT BLAIKIE’S QUAYA HINT O RAIN, KEITHAN EDEN SKYAPHRODITE’S ANKLEBITERARRIVINGA SCOTTISH CASHIER’S FANTASYAUTUMNBANGKOK GET-ABOUTSBARKING DOG HAIKUBATHROOM BOGLEBIRD IN A DARK ROOMBLAIK LICHTNLNBLIN ROBINBLUES-POEMCAN OF WORMSCEREBRAL BREECONJUGAL MANOEUVRESDADDYLANGLEGS
DENDONKEYDRAIGLIN SKIRTS GAUN BEN THE MUIREEN TWA THREEELEMENTARY MR HOLMESE-MAILS IN PURGATORYFAR THE HEATHER BRIERSFERRY TRIPFIRE(i)FIRE (ii)FLAGSFORGE ME ON YER ANVILGIGGIN WISHES WAR SHELT1ESGRIEFHAUF LICHTHORTICULTUREHUMPTY DUMPTYICE BREAKERIN TRANSITIT’S COMING YETKIDNEY BEAN CHILDLEOPARD AN LIONLETTERSMAN-SEEDMARKS AN SPENCERSMEASLES MEETING THE DEADLINEMETTAMIND POEMMITHER TONGUEMITTRA AT A BUS STOPMY WEE HARMONICAONGAUNS AT AUCHENSHEENON A ROLLPORTRAIT OF SELF AS A DEAD BAT
QUINE WI GUITARREID ADMIRALRIPROBINSALUTE TO THE REV. JOHN SKINNERSCOTTISH-ENGLISHSCOTCH MISSEDSEAGULLSSLEEP TICHT JUMBOSTALKERSTATION FLOWER BOXESSTORMY SPRINGTHE BIG ROUND MOONTHE BONNIE FITE HAIRED LOONTHE BOXTHE BURN’S MONOLOGUETHE FAIRMER SPIKKS TAE THE SCHOLAR
THE LADY OF THE LOCHTHE PASS-A-FISTTHE RAIN 1N TOONTHE WIDS SPIKK OOTTIME THE FILETINTTRYST WI A HEDGEHOGTRILOGIESTWA WISHESUNBORNVIEW FROM A SIX PANE WINDOWWARD-OFFWIDLAN SMACHRIEWINTRY SPELLWOLF-FUSSLE
37 Pandora's Box Thistle Reprographics ……………………………2004 (Poems)A Significant Moment.
A Small British Prayer. A Stair of Porcelain Roses.
An Incremental Poem.April, Abyne Braemar.
Bathime Ritual. Bed Hopper.
Bloody Piano.Chained Gate.Chanticleer.
City by the Grey North Sea.
Cold Snap.Croque Noir.
Donkey Easel.Fermyaird Claik. Fit the Pict Stane Said. Fragments of Sappho.Gloamin.Half-Hourly Observations in a Glen. Half-Hourly Observations, Casualty Dept. Horse in a Temple.Impermanence.In the Unit. Incommunicado.
Jaipur.Lake Wake.
Lochan in the Widded Glen. Lone WolfLove Bubble. Mairtinmas in BuchanMeeting the Otter.Moon Study.Never Stand Out from a Crowd.
On the Ethnic Cleansing of Vermin (Buddhist Style).
Pandora’s Box.
Persephone Sails off with Captain Bly.Pluscarden fae Heldon K.nowe.
Ritual.Rooster Rap.Round the Bend.
Rules. Sang o a Blue Siren.
Scottish Beach.
Scunnered Dug. Fifty Madonna.
Simmer’s Carousel.Skin. Snap Shot.Social Exclusion.St Machar’s Kirkyaird on a New Year’s Day. Strutting Cockerel.The Crucifixion of the Coquette.
The Piano. This Fine Spring Day.
Titanic Sinks, Aberdeen Man is Drowned.
Tramlines. Villanelle, the Sternless Derk. Visitors. Wids.
38 Gallery Prints Lochlands............................................................... 2004 (Poems)CHILD OF OUR TIMECLASSMATESDARNING DAYEVE REFLECTS AT THE FRUIT COUNTERFEEKIE DRINKERFITSTEPSFUSSLIN JOCKGEORDIE JAMIESONEGOOSE HERDGYM-SLIP GIRLMAN IN A SMOCKMIDSUMMERRESPONSIBILITYRESURRECTION THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACKTHE FLOODTHE HERRING FLEETTHE LANG ROAD HAMETHE QUEEN O SHEBATHE ROMANS BUIILDING MANCHESTERTHE TYPHOID SUMMERTHE WIDDA ANTOINETTETRAIN LANDSCAPEVIEW O AIBERDEENVILLAGE
39 Hairst o Thorns…………………….Lochlands…….2004 (Poems)A Birdy Day. A Casual Bean-stalkA Hairst o Thorns A Nor East Villanelle. A Royal NightingaleA Wee Kirk Prayer. At the Piper Alpha MemorialBallater BrigCrime Wave. Daith o a PetHairst o Thorns
Hamish MacSporran
Harriet the Hoolet. Haunfast.
Hello Kincorth. In a Japanese Garden.
Jacob’s LaidderLarick
Lipperty Lil. Luggin in at Khan’s
MacRobert’s ReplyMay-day. Meditation on the Shadow of a MoonMethuselah’s plate.
On a Haiflin’s SuicideOn my way to the River.
One in FourQuackers
Requiem for a Bird
Rikky Roe
Ritual.
RobinScurrieSide WardSomebody new.
SouvenirSpring Cleanin
Strange Letter. Tellin the Beads o Mornin, BalquidderThe Beelin ThoombThe Gift. Two by two
Ways of Approaching a Loch. Wish-list
40 Serendipity …Lochlands……………..2004 (Poems)
A Mercedes HubcapA Small Welsh HillA Song of Two IslandsA Warlock Visits the DoctorArabian NightsAside the LagoonAt the Bodhi TreeAt the HinnereynAt the Lion Rock, Sigiriya
Bird ManBoating on the LakeCheck PointChinaman’s KiteCock CrowColomboDark Night of the Hen
DogFaither an SonFeeding Frenzy
Fish on a TreeForget me notGweed Coonsel tae a FrienHead MassageIn the Botanical Gardens, Kandy
In the Shadow of Sri PadaIn the Tropics
Kandy at the Citadel Hotel
Love bubbleLullaby of the Birds
Major Rogers
Monkey KingMount LaviniaNo Man’s LandNorth Sea RigNuwara EliyaOf Quills and AngelsOn Safari
Overheard in the ZooPipe DreamPreparing to meet the BelovedRaja’s SongRapunzelSolitary BatherTea CeremonyThe Annunciation of the EggThe Bogles’ Ceilidh at Blethertoun KirkyairdThe Castlegate Unicorn SpeaksThe Ghaists o the Nor East NeukThe Green an Pleisunt LanThe Knotted TieThe Michie MachineThe Savage CeltThe Tea EstateTinkee the PorcupineTraffic incidentVisiting the OrphanageWaiting for a god to come alongWatterbuffaloWhat’s in your Handbag Honey?
Zoo
41 The Win an the Rain…Lochlands…….2005 (Poems)
A Scottish Soldier
A Visit to a Genuine Indian Home, Jaipur
A Wasted Life
Aberdeen gulls
Annie
Balquidder Christmas
Connor McGraw
Duthie Park
Fledgling
Ghaisties
It’s Cauld Oot I Blue Toon Hipsters
Kieran Christie Spikks tae the Social
Milk is Always White
Nest
On the Festive List
Pets’ Corner, Hazlehead
Sangs o Saa, Rain, Cauld
Security Breach
Singleton
Stars & Stripes
Story-time
Tae them wi nane, be gien
Tanka in the Trossachs
The Auld Alliance
The Birth of Death
The Lads
The Mortgaged Moggy
The Scrap Heap
The Shy poem
The Space Between Two Snowflakes
The Thief
The Wagtail & the Nightingale
The Wind & the Rain
Tsunami, Galle, Sn Lanka
Undergrowth
Wang-Pho Meditation Hall, Thailand
What the Cat Trailed in
When will the Rain Come?
Winter
Xmas Crackers
42 Death of a Pope….University of Aberdeen…2005 (Poems)
A Granite Welcome.Ae Meditation. An Eco-plea. April Daffodils. At the Lido.At the Spanish StepsAt the Zoo.Bennachie AD 84By AppyntmentCastlegate GullDeath of a PopeDusk at the Colosseum. Elegy for a Dead Admiral.Ghaists o Simmer Frocks.Granny’s Monthly veesit. TheBox.Lassie Dichtin her Feet.Lean Pickins. Deid LeidLegaciesMarilyn Munro’s Fur.More, Please. Multi-Cultural Scotland’s for me.Overlooking the CircusParis via the BrochQueen o the Toozlin Trade. Seeven Bairn Rhymes XXXXXXXSt Andrew’s Cathedral.Stanza 2005. Sunday at Sainsbury’s. The Bulb. The CryThe Familiar. The Famous Artist. The Fleein Scotsman.The Jewish Ghetto.Theatre Delivery. Tumbleweed. Twa Touns.
43 Serjeant Buchan’s Jacket……Lochlands ..2005 (Poems)A Falling Cow. A Long Stretch.
A Thoosan StepsAl Fresco Lunch.
At the Hinmaist Trump
Auld Steadins.
BirdBird on a Wire. Boots. Carousel
Carve Up.
Clootie Tree. Clowns.
Cutting the Mustard. Daffs.
Demon In the Greenhouse. Drifter.
Driftwood Inventory. Economic Migrants.
Faither an Dother Veesit the Sale Room.
Flight Commander Gabriel.
Fower GIlsks o a Glen.Fowl Matters Fridge.From Here to There. Fyvie Wids
Genetic Engineering. Ghetto Blaster. Gweedman’s CraftHammered. HolyroodHow to Preserve a LegendI’ve Forgotten.
Insurrection of Direct ObjectsIt’ll soon wash out. Jock Thamsan’s Balms
Keeper. Kittlins. Letting Go.
Luv-Sang. Madonna’s KnickersMan on a SwingMarchersMary had a Little Lamb. Miracles in Fife.
MoonscapeMr And Mrs Blackbird Visit the Neighbours.
Muckle Whale, Blue Kirk
On a Scottish Beach
Pearls
Poet’s Picnic. Resting Tubas. RoundaboutSae Wild, Sae Weet. Scoops.
Scotland fae a Flee’s Rlcht EeSergeant Buchan’s JacketSix Things I ken.
Snake’s Alive.
Somethin’s Fishy.
Stltch Up. Tars.
The Boaties’ Lullaby. The Day I adopted a Balloon.
The Dreams’ Convention.
The Dwaumin Street.
The Makker’s Smit.
The MeditatorThe Muckle Bear
The Realignment of Mrs Jones’ NipplesThe Sale of the Cultural IconsThe Scythe SpeaksThe Tom Cat
The Wolf and the Lamb.
The Wynd.
Three Brass Monkeys
Three Sisters.
Three TrioletsTorpedo Rolls.
Trump Card. Two Telegrams
WaitingWhy? Willy Fernandez RIPWork Wife.
44 Ferlies……………………….Lochlands…2005 (Poems)A MINIMALIST POEM
A SCOTTISH INTERACTIVE CHANT
ABERNETHY MCCRONE
AND PIGS CAN FLY
ATLANTIS IN THE BURN
AUGUST, BRIG O DEE
AUTUMN MOVER
AUTUMN PADDOCK
BEDSIT
BIRTHDAY
BOGLE BOWF
BUZZARD
CAHOOTCHIE QUINE
CARROTS
CHINA
CLUN VILLAGE
CRAIGENDARROCH
CREWE
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FAR OWER THE FORTH
FERLIES
GANGRELS
GLOBAL CITY
GRAVE GOODS
HORSE IN THE RAIN
HOSPITAL ENTRANCE
HOUDINI
HUMPBACK WHALES
IN THE NEWS AGAIN
JANNIE
JESS THE SHEEP
KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE
KELPIE CLYPE
KNOTS
LAST STAND
LESS THAN A LEAF
LONELY BARK COLUMN
MAP
MITHERLESS
MOLLOCHY MOWDIE
MOVING ON
OCTOBER
ONCE UPON A TIME
PC FARRABOOTER
SACRIFICE
SAMANTHA SOOK
SAMHUIN
SAMHUIN(2)
SCOTTY
SEGGS
SEINE
SEPTEMBER BEACH
SHEEP IN AN ENGLISH FIELD
SPECIAL UNIT
SQUIRREL
ST NICHOLAS KIRKYAIRD
TAE MAKK A MARTYR
TELLING THE BEES
THE ABSTRACT POEM SPEAKS
THE HURST
THE LODGER
THE LONG COMPANY
THE MOOCH
THE SEAL
THE SNAILS’ TRAIL
THE TOWERS O SILENCE
THE TRAIVELLERS
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45 The Tiger o Trincomalee……..malfranteaux concepts…2006 (Poems)Ancient ASBOsBaimie JesusBlythe YuleChristmasDental CrisisDragonsDyeukKeekm GlaissMerrymatanzieMidnichtMistletoeMuhammadNativityNorth East TounPercy Puddock Santa’s Comm Doon the LumShine on the Warld ye LueSpeecial KsTaedsteelTattiebogle on the BraeThe Childe o HaleThe Fairy PiperThe Fiddle was not a SuccessThe Gorilla fae RwandaThe Hindu QuineThe Quaet KindThe Robin SangThe Tiger o TrincomaleeThree KingsVegan’s Anatomy Lesson
1. The Owl Hour………………....malfranteaux concepts…2006 (Poems) 46 A Buchan Ferm greets Spring A Melting Baby A Valentine to Marcus AureliusAfrica, AfricaAn gin yer ee gars ye hyter, powk it oot!At the Owl HourBlueBollywood Film BraifTounCanopic Jars ClockConversation with a Slug
Epic Fower Bairn Rhymes frae Sherwid ForestGreen Wooden Door In the Psychiatric WardMinnie BruceMy Uncle’s CowsNetPictur o the Artist as an abominable snaaman Plane CrashPoem in a MousetrapSculpture in GraniteSilence in the Meditation HallTell LeesThe Dauncin PiperThe Little Nut Tree The Raj through Rose Tinted GlassesThe Road I Didna TakkThe TravellersThe Unicorn The Weeds’ Manifesto Three Classmates
1. Past Masters……………………Lochlands…2006 (Poems)An Old MasterFragile PassengersFreedom o SpeechI open ma poemJacob’s ladderJourney tae KeithMeenits! Oors!Merriage SangRainy DayStarry Nicht BalquidderThe Asian DogThe BrigThe ChameleonThe Chess BoardThe Fiddler’s WifeThe Happy UnicornThe Queen o ShebaThe Runaway WeddingThe Ship of FoolsThe SwimmerVetruvian Man
2. The Sea Quine…………………malfranteaux 2006 PoemsA Pussycat’s Knickers. A Walk in the Desert. Aiberdeen: A Tale o Twa Touns.Anna. At the Ebb.Barking Dog. Boaties. Callum and Greta. Craiturs.Crivie Gull. Dan in Milan. Didgeridoo. Falling.Femme Fatale. Flamenco Dancer.Global Meat. Gull, Skirlin.The Refugees.Kitten & Pigeon.
Loomweight.Measured Steps.Mummy’s Boy.Nostalgia.Obituary of the Amazons.Pathway.Pigeons and Girl. Pilgrim Fathers.Pros-op-agnosia.Roses in Rain. Sea Quine. Seen at the Dali Museum, Barcelona.Snap Shots o Easter, BarcelonaSpanish Cuddies. Speaking of Spain.Stitch up.The Bagpipe Player.The Bathers. The Bums Competition.The Campus Cat. The Chair. The First Days of AutumnThe Five Senses. The Fower Friaries o Aiberdeen.The Green Towel.The Hobbyhorse. The Nine Burns o the toun. The Silkie Hunter. The Slug.The Souter’s LoonThe TV OlympicThe Waltzer.Tree Circle. Triple Hairst. Weather. Wed-lockWee Beach Hooses. Wild Introductions.
3. The Heavenly Cow of Thebes……Lochlands …2006 (Poems) Agha Khan High Dam
At the Nubian Village
At the Temple of KarnakAt PhilaeCleopatraFelucca RideFlashback Hymn to Hathor
Luxor MuseumMarket iMarket ii
On the NileOzymandias Revisited Queen HatshepsutSleeping BeautyThe Crocodile God
The Local Situation The Swimmer The Time Traiveller’s Convention Touchin Doon
A Letter to Julius Caesar from the Provinces
An Average Day Brueghel & Ham Bus JourneyChez Nous Ellen KnightFresh Fish Cakes Illegal Native Journey to the BrochLost PropertyMay North East Toun On Making a List PintoQueen Wasp Rain MandalaSchool JourneySix Owersetts frae Neruda xxxxxxxxxStitch UpTanka i Tanka ii Temporary Warmth Tempus Fugit iTempus Fugit ii The DigThe House MartinsThe Loveliness of TreesThe March PastThe Person from PorlockThe PulleyThe Rug The Yellow TimeThis Night shall thy Soul be required of Thee Thomas Blake GloverTrain, passing Montrose
4. The Likeable Ordeal…..................Severin Books…..2006 (Poems)A Pairty fur Ane-Zoya-A Tale of 12 Cities-At the Festival- At the Moulin Rouge- BackpackerBrukken Shell-Cat Calypso-Dinner on the SeineElmet: for Ted HughesFoo tae makk a PoemFower Signs o SamhuinFutteret Great Britain Hebden Bridge-In Memory of Sylvia Plath HughesJapanese InterludeKing Canute-Mrs Attila the HunNew Orleans- On Buying a Pet- Pillow Talk with MussoliniSalute tae Donside-Scotched-Fit’s Life-September, Brig o DeeSetterday Nicht –Sin Eater-Sketches frae a Fremmit AirtStrukken-Sunset from a Plane-Sunset Sang – SwamiTed Hughes the CatThe American Bun The Dragon’s ScaleThe Ee o Ra-The Ferm-
The First Days of Spring The Intended-Late The Islets of Langerhans-The Lesser Spottit Taed-The Likeable Ordeal-Portrait with Tarot CardsThe Lumb Bank Worker- The Plunderers-The Sestina Poem- The Shodo ArtistThe Spik o the Lan –The Taxi Driver-The Thom Buss- The Travellers- The Unnertakker’s UtopiaValentine- (BELATED)Wickerman