#poyums

[baudrons]

Norman MacCaig

[violeteclipse2002]

we'll scrieve yer name in books they cannae burn

write a legacy never tae die

-fae in memoriam bi len pennie

[scots-scrievins-an-att]

Ee cottage in ee country

In ee country

Thur sits a cottage,

Wae nae lichts aroon.

At nicht ee stars ur bricht

Aun oan a bowan,

Sits a manny. Wae fyre roarin

He contemplates, ee crackle o

Ee wood ee music att

Meets his lugs.

Here, at ee cottage

Thurs nothin tae dae

Bit sit bi ee fyre or ootside

Tae stare at ee sky aun

Listen tae ee thunderin water.

Ee cottage is peace tae att manny

Aun ee mony att came

Afore him.

[foularcadepizza]

She plagues me,

In a wa nae ither

Ever hus. Like an itch

Aat yi kin never quite reach.

Luikin fir remnants o

Her in every room.

Yi cannae escape her,

Yi keep luikin fir her

In every room.

Even when yi ken it's ower.

She's yin o a kind aun yi huv

Tae let her gae.

Even when yir hairt

Screams nae tae.

The quine yi shuid ae

Gien the Aird aun

Insteid gied hairt-break.

Huvin tae act like

Yi widnae tak it aw back,

Tae see thay eens.

Kennin the love

Thay're fu o

Isnae fir yi.

Oh, tae be plagued by her.

[outstanding-quotes]

When compared with too little, enough’s always too much.

Len Pennie, from “Too Much” in Poyums

[lasersquid]

he was so real for this

[outstanding-quotes]

My devil’s an angel who’s forgotten how to pray.

Len Pennie, from “Momento Mori” in Poyums

[poyums]

I feel disconnected from my body, name, face, and home

I'm broken and beaten and nothing can be the same

Something has shattered, many pieces have been lost

I scour the shoreline desperate to see

I wanted to find them as they were but

Maybe this change is not a bad thing

Before I was shiny and whole

But fragile and easily

Scratched, broken, and damaged

Now I am forced to change

Rocks and sand change glass

I follow suit

Broken glass

Frosted

Strong

Sea glass