A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'poetry'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of poetry in Corpus

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
l writan in different styles, poetry an prose, serious an funny, d on page 9

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Shetland

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fir a meenitie afore takkin a poetry book fae ma hanbug an rinnin on page 45

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
throwe its eese in scrievin, poetry an sangs. Doric is heard ilka
d, a weel kent aspect o sang, poetry an scrievin, an a recognised
ultural heirskip (leid, sang, poetry, scrievin) o the Nor-East o S
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ner, Miss McFadyn wis spikkin poetry.
Efter the poetry recitation wis ower, the bair
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fur the flat, a buik o Scots poetry.
ootcam o ower muckle wine an poetry thegither. Syne they hid thir
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric buik Peat Moss Poetry whilk is fae collection o Buc(2014)
Vol 2 Doric Doggerel fun poetry book is out read review of Pe(2014)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
bairns a muckle swipe o Scots poetry fae Dunbar til Paisley. Dee u (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
iv pit intae motion the 'Wall Poetry' project, far musicians wark on page 12

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General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
go 1s een o a lang sequence o poetry, titlet Twilt, reflectin oan on page 83

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
edee eikit on. "Are ye fain o poetry?" on page 51
ine is faar ower lang for the poetry," she eikit on, aamaist out l on page 77
d Ailice. "But I hed a kennin poetry scriftit tae me, muckle aisie on page 85

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
m oot wi a twa, three, bars o poetry. Whyles he fussled, whyles he on page 51

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@beast_afc tweeted
TG_Podcast . If yer gonae dee poetry, ya hiv Tae try this fur a ga(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
. They add richness, density, poetry…”
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(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
a meeting o the West Lothian Poetry Group, Quill , the suggestit on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
nfermline town, Tells Tam his poetry on page 5
Self-exiled to the Scottish Poetry Library, on page 55
e reception of Walter Scott's poetry in Europe'. on page 57
For 'the reception of Scott's poetry in Europe', on page 60

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
esairch fir a 'Scottish-Swiss poetry and graphics' projeck wis ini on page 5

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
tury anthology o Tang dynasty poetry. Doutless he's oot thare some on page 39

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Modern Scottish Poetry, Christopher Whyte, EUP, Edin on page 95

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
fankelt i the technicalities; poetry frae the sowel, no the hairn- on page 121

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
The McCash Poetry Awards
THE McCash Scots Poetry Competeition wis foondit in 1
ently won the Robert McLellan Poetry Award an aw.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
juist in the warld o Scottish poetry. This is weel seen bi the ded
y. He beirs the gree o sindry poetry competeitions an awards, sae
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
We hae a rowth o poetry in Scots, an the readin o poe
in Scots, an the readin o poetry haes been important in keepin
olk's een, but the trouble wi poetry is the langage is maistly no
omain novels, plays, stories, poetry, sangs, nursery rhymes an pro
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ion, government, law, sang an poetry gaun back ower 700 year. In t
fair increase in the number o poetry an drama portfolio submission
ff written in the Doric—the poetry, for instance. There is some
instance. There is some great poetry written in the Doric. As I ke
ic. As I keep sayin, there is poetry written in the Doric that wou
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
y merk hou very near aa Scots poetry in the leeterary tradeetion u
osterity til his beuk o Scots poetry, explains ti "posterity" aboo
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ingers an musicians, read oor poetry, spakken wi oor MSPs, eddicat
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(1) Interactive poetry. The reader is left to supply
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Lenin), essays an a nummer o poetry pamphlets. This walin, publis
lench, hauden at the Scottish Poetry Library on 17 Juin 2008, Tom
aw as, "20th century Scottish poetry's best kept secret". Speakin
compilation Radical Renfrew (Poetry from the French Revolution to
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
at thrawn platform fir art an poetry tae mak an brak ilka marches.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
air neist event at Scotland's Poetry Festival, StAnza. Afore yin g
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ou rose-tintit glesses in his poetry. For example, in No a country
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
McCash Poetry Prize
niversity is haudin the abuin poetry competition for verse written
Scots Poetry Competition, The Herald, [CEN
The McCash Poetry Prize micht be sindert an awa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t; tae mak validat the airt o poetry publication in pamphlet form.
Winter Song that the Herald's poetry editor, Leslie Duncan says,"w
en frae www.scottish-pamphlet-poetry.com wi aw the siller gaun tae
gotten an aw at the Scottish Poetry Library, the National Library
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
THE Scottish Pamphlet Poetry wabsteid tells us that, "Mony
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
taks in consaits anent airt, poetry an music an kivvers maitters
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dynamic they made the Frisian poetry scene soond. I wanted tae unn
blinn poet that performs his poetry frae memory. Then efter some
'young an dynamic' the Scots poetry scene wad soond tae an inquee
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
h. He haes haed 3 buiks o his poetry publisht. He can be contactit
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
That was it. Poetry.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
or Wullie, local an naitional poetry written in Scots, the day's u
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
in that game - it wis feckin poetry in motion n of course the han (2020) twitter link

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ard at the Gaelic Mod fir his poetry. Afore retiring he wis fir mo on page 127

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The poetry readins wir stale an twee, on page 133
Save me fae aa thon clewvir poetry, on page 139
s mair tae life than screivin poetry! on page 151

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e surprisinlie, Chapter 9, ‘Poetry’. Sae, gin we war ti tak ch
le were going to remember his poetry’. Afore we deteck a buik th
e Golden Treasury of Scottish Poetry’. Seeminlie, Scott wes the
urns in Chapter 2, ‘War and Poetry’. Scott haed mairriet Cathe
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
espeare an Dryden, that their poetry has perished frae the Earth l
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
he tongue, has gien up writin poetry in her ain leid.
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
they are. Is it the skirling poetry o Burns? Well, that’s awrig
t the schule, A’d a wheen o poetry tae choose fae, modern stuff
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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Meh reason fir rite-in poetry on page 109
This is how eh tell meh poetry. on page 110

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Edinburgh

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
eople, modern culture, modern poetry, modern this or that. It's a on page 3

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@johnstone_shane tweeted
cally "hittin the boke." Pure poetry. It's never usually said befo (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Tuim eneuch tae nuisle poetry,
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General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
a year. Eemis Stane furthsets poetry, fiction, essays and polemics on page 4

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
tradeetion, the Scots tongue, poetry, history an meesick - he wis on page 4

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
It taks in some o the finest poetry made in the Renaissance in Eu on page 9

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
weel-kent aspect o oor sang, poetry and literature and a kenspeck on page 2
Scottish society. Scots sang, poetry, literature an drama hae a st on page 3
anguage as expressed in sang, poetry and literature. on page 4

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
-ye-mak-afore-stertin-a-bit-o-poetry, but it's some kind o a noise on page 18
It's the best wey tae scrieve poetry, lettin things come.' on page 29
he wis ettlin tae mak a bit o poetry aboot fir-cones, because ther on page 86
been Hoolet's Hoose. 'Because Poetry and Hums arena things that ye on page 138
ie wice wey tae stert a bit o poetry. on page 144
Also on pages 154
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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ere oor favourites, an lots o poetry. My favourite, "Would you lik on page 120

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ma anthologie o Fife sang and poetry. There's nae room tae delve i on page 54

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the kintrae I cam across the poetry o Charles McNeill, the poet l on page 9
created great Scots sangs an poetry an stories o exile that I gae on page 11

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
read his poetry, thon Rizzio. on page 20
a taiken o oor luve, oor poetry. on page 29

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e haed muckle respeck fir his poetry and sangs. The fack that Tann on page 69

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t o subjeck or form i the twa poetry beuks here. Thrie owersets o on page 120

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lus, an up wi: 'beautiful sad poetry' an: 'stirring, unforgettable on page 127

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
se the wird lichtlie!) buik o poetry haes haen a gey lang gestatio on page 132
e writin o the feck o his Pit-poetry, that includit the epic warks on page 133
Gin the anely true purpose o poetry is, lik Dryden said, tae deli on page 134

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
n mair ti dae wi walin future poetry; an Kate Armstrong will be se on page 4

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The skolar o Chinese poetry wul see a grete seemilarity a on page 91

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
re, television, literature or poetry,
politically-inspired poetry; a major upheeze in the statu
o Scots consists o studies o poetry in Scots
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
of Twentieth Century Scottish Poetry, p. xxxv). Bi this, Dunn mean
t Scots becomes the medium of poetry’ reflects the view at Scots
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
’ll can find in some of the poetry o the time, is in maist insta
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
an poetry as
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
'en a wee creative daunder in poetry an' prose, occasioned by back
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the jyle for anti-govrenment poetry (amang ither human richts abu
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
e earliest exemples o lesbian poetry in Europe since Sappho hersel
n theme in contemporary lyric poetry” – takkin nae tent at aw
9 – tae similarities wi the poetry o twa male poets, Montgomerie
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
nt quair o Early Modern Scots poetry. Hooivver, it is faur mair no
instances o female homoerotic poetry in Renaissance Europe, in oni
ist complete collection o his poetry that has cam doon tae us.
e anonymous inclusion o their poetry in manuscript miscellanies.
ish society and slippin their poetry in hidlins intae a faimily ma
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
wi us in everyday speech, in poetry, story an sang, finnin a vyce
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
peikers, Scots History, Scots Poetry, Scots Sang and an aefauld in
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
s had ither poems publisht in Poetry Wales, Magma and Searchlight.
the twentieth century. In the poetry o Burns and the Scots dialogu
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@ClashCityClarky tweeted
Some richt braw Scots poetry in this braw buik fae @ByLeav(2018)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ChildOfAlba If he could write poetry he might excel as a troubador(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ng and publishing and writing poetry in Scots. #NipNebs is an orig(2019)
Freens by Susi Briggs poetry. Scots poem: https://t.co/ysw(2018)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
y backgrund wi great novels & poetry tae back it up. Scots wis rec (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
as for highlighting the Scots poetry of the excellent @paulmalgrat(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Lockdoon poetry fae an S1 lairner yaisin #Sco (2021) twitter link
Kist - a collection o Scots poetry an prose, wi downloadable pdf (2020) twitter link
ead aboot it oan the Scottish Poetry Library site: https://t.co/rZ (2020) twitter link
nd', an anthology of Scottish Poetry. It has a wheen o poetry in S (2019) twitter link
guage Lecture at the Scottish Poetry Library. Tak tent or it's tin (2019) twitter link
and 11 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
se Poems. A wis fair daft for poetry, readin aa A cud in onie o th
mph at Chinese fowk wad write poetry. A gaed gilravagin throu Wale
original an tentilie-craftit poetry. His example, an his weill-wr
ama, an tho we read a whein o poetry tae, we read a couple o novel
ill, whae hed owreset Chinese poetry inti Welsh, was in sic a lowe
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
m an introduced him tae Scots poetry. James tuik til his new subje
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South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
cht up in Gallowa, and writes poetry and short stories in English on page 55

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
d Galloway. He writes maistly poetry, and his wark in English and on page 165
sangs, poetry an freedom on page 177

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
es pit oan three joint photae/poetry exhibitions wi his guid frien on page 189

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
SO poetry luvin hoplites could scrieve on page 66
Ye pretend luvers o poetry, on page 79
except in poetry: on page 85

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
e Scottish International Open Poetry Competition. She hus alsae br
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@StuartPoet tweeted
en noo, gey chuffed wi it ?? #poetry and monographs fae #lockdownu(2020)
wi hersel ?? #ScotsLanguage #poetry @ByLeavesWeLive @scotsradiome(2020)
ing to be hen's teeth noo ?? #poetry #Covid_19 #BookBoost #coronav(2020)
gem of #Scots and #Scottish #poetry is Josie Neill, one of the be(2020)
rator @ClashCityClarky in his Poetry Champion role for Scots. Weel(2020)
and 7 other occurrences.

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
e michty Snawbreaker o #Scots poetry!(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
naboot this know Ulster-Scots poetry. Gie it a birl... https://t.c (2020) twitter link

@HurchinHome tweeted
A Celebration of Ulster-Scots Poetry:https://t.co/3XQ0LxLnTJ(2019)