Poem in Absentia...

Respecting Literature in Schools

thur books
ur offy
hardty reed

thay hate yi
ti brake
thi spine

if thay catch yi
thay pool it
ooty yir hanz
an hammur thi hard ej
doon oan yir heed

yi hufty sit strate
wi it oapin
nae mair than 30 digreez
peerin inty thi shaddy
it thi sentir
trine tay make oot
whit it sayz


Alison Flett

(This poem was the Scottish Arts
Council's 'Scots Poem of the Month'
for March 2005)
(Posted by Eddie Gibbons because
Ms Flett is too busy WRITING to even
look at this website! Grrrrrrr!)