bente’s Reviews > A Year of Scottish Poems > Status Update

aug 24 - “A he'rt tae break, an' a mou' tae kiss, Tho' he be nae mine, as I am his.”

aug 23 - “I'll carry ma lantern, and daur defend ye agin ony foe; and whilst there is breath in me, I'll blaw it intae ye.”

aug 22 - “They hae sought it up, they hae sought it doon, They hae sought it maist severely, Till they fand it on the fair plum-tree That shines on the bowling-green o Airlie.”

aug 21 - “like every new experience because it was new to you”

aug 20 - “My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;”

aug 19 - “It whole or almost whole, Acceptance and gratitude
Like travellers return
And stand where first they stood.”

aug 18 - “An island on the rim of the world in that space between slate, sea and sky where air and ocean currents are plays of wild energy and the light changes everything.”

aug 17 - “Oh! ye soldiers who fall in defence of your flag, What are you to the hero who brings down the stag?”

aug 16 - “"Twas sweet, ay, sweet from many things; But (sweeter than all with scent Of long past years and laughter and tears
It to me was redolent.”

aug 15 - “Spangled with glitter”