Scottish Poems
Breaking News (sonnet)
by Kirsten Moreton
Note: I have not even read over this yet, I wrote it quickly and just wanted to share. For context, Flamingo land nearly got planning permission to build a resort on Loch Lomond in Scotland. Loch Lomond is a huge part of Scotland's culture and we are a country proud of our scenery and natural environment and this caused outrage. The Poem is about this!
‘What kind of a place is a loch for flamingos?
Pink exotic birds in Stirling, no one would believe such a thing.’
No grannie, these are made of steel and faux.
They don't have a heart just mechanical parts not even a feather or a wing.
......
The piper on the hill
by Andrew Smart
The rain drizzles slowly down,
And all is calm and still.
Even the wind holding its breath,
For the piper on the hill.
As the clans have done for an age,
Tall and proud they stand.
As the pipes begin to skirl,
And music fills the land.
......
Breaking News (sonnet)
by Kirsten Moreton
Note: I have not even read over this yet, I wrote it quickly and just wanted to share. For context, Flamingo land nearly got planning permission to build a resort on Loch Lomond in Scotland. Loch Lomond is a huge part of Scotland's culture and we are a country proud of our scenery and natural environment and this caused outrage. The Poem is about this!
‘What kind of a place is a loch for flamingos?
Pink exotic birds in Stirling, no one would believe such a thing.’
No grannie, these are made of steel and faux.
They don't have a heart just mechanical parts not even a feather or a wing.
......
The piper on the hill
by Andrew Smart
The rain drizzles slowly down,
And all is calm and still.
Even the wind holding its breath,
For the piper on the hill.
As the clans have done for an age,
Tall and proud they stand.
As the pipes begin to skirl,
And music fills the land.
......
