Scots Poems with Images

CAERLAVEROCK CASTLE
Caerlaverock, driftin
deed in the waater,
broken waas gapin
like battle scars.
Pride an pain
etched in red stane.
Carcass o a castle,
history, hingin...
                            ...fae its banes.

New Licht

Thir’s flicker o licht,
spredin across yon ferns
that hae sproutit owernicht,
or sae it seems tae me.
Maybe a’ve lernt tae luik,
noo a’ve had the time,
tae gether-in this wirld
an speir the sichts o simmer.

By photos,poetry and haiku by Derek Ross

I am a photographer/ poet from Dumfries in South West Scotland. I concentrate on minimalist images and prefer using an iPhone these days. As far as my writing is concerned, I usually write short poems (some in Scots dialect), hence my interest in haiku and related forms.

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10 comments

Goff James says:

2nd Jun 2020 at 2:25 pm

Reblogged this on Art, Photography and Poetry.

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Goff James says:

2nd Jun 2020 at 2:30 pm

Two great writes. Love the last line of Caerlaverock Castle ‘history, hingin …fae its banes’. I have reblogged. Best Regards.

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Douglas Lipton says:

2nd Jun 2020 at 3:53 pm

Both succinct and expressive. Great stuff.

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1. photos,poetry and haiku by Derek Ross says:
  
  2nd Jun 2020 at 5:03 pm
  
  Thanks for comment Douglas, much appreciated 👍
  
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Mary Smith says:

2nd Jun 2020 at 6:50 pm

Great poems, Derek. I also really like the last line of the Caerlaverock Castle one and I love the photo of the ferns – so lush.

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1. photos,poetry and haiku by Derek Ross says:
  
  2nd Jun 2020 at 8:34 pm
  
  Thanks Mary! The Caerlaverock poem is an old one, nice to be able to get them out there.
  
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Richard Speirs says:

3rd Jun 2020 at 9:39 pm

Wonderful expressive words, so suited to the castle and its history.

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1. photos,poetry and haiku by Derek Ross says:
  
  4th Jun 2020 at 7:58 am
  
  Thanks Richard. I guess your pretty used to Scots words now!
  
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ofelixa says:

13th Jun 2020 at 10:29 am

Braw staid, Derek. Cuid A borrae a poem fir the Stranraer Observer, please? Thenk ye. https://www.stranraerobserver.net/airts-in-scots

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1. photos,poetry and haiku by Derek Ross says:
  
  13th Jun 2020 at 11:06 am
  
  Of course ye can. Chuffed you asked 🤗👍
  
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