Poetic Hours Online Autumn 2008 |
Neil Purves |
Haiku in English and Scots Frozen waterfall Haird fruizen linn gushing stream inanimate breingin burn fair deid lyke sun will rescue you the sun wul free ye Mouse in trap Field mouss in trap white under-chin bonny wi its braw whyte peinie too svelte to die ower bonnie ti dee Young bold energy Yung crouss smeddum take on the world no question fairlie tak on the haill warld fall I'm only a child faw doun, Ah'm juist a bairn Climb to source of Dee Sklim til the heid o the Dee where is my oracle trout? but whaur ma wyce auld trout? silent tranquil pool. seilent lown puil Digging in garden Howkin in gairden stop to rest, robin on spade stap ti rest, reidbreist on spade Are you my friend? Ir ye ma richt frein? School fight adrenalin Skuil fecht feimin mad Cheering jeering crowd want blood rairin cheerin thrang wants bluid no turning back now nae gaun back nou Spring time badgers Spring tyme badgers ascend wood hill with raisins Ah clim wuid hill wi raisins babies eat from hand cubs aet frae ma haund Cricket out yonder Chirker ower thare announcing its importance chirpin on its importance big noise, but only small dirdum but gey wee Helping young blind girl Helpin yung blinnd lass taking my arm she must trust takkin ma airm she maun truist better she had dog shuirer wi a dug To dance is to live Ti dance is ti leeve we are a long time dead we ir aw a lang tyme deid make the best of it mak a kirk or a mill |
