And aye the reik bleeds frae the warld’s rim... - kbin Literature Club! - kbin.social

scotlit, 16 days ago

And aye the reik bleeds frae the warld’s rim
as it has duin frae Babylon and Troy,
London, Bonn, Edinbro, time eftir time…

—Robert Garioch Sutherland (1909–1987), “During a Music Festival”
a #Scots #poem for #VEDay

#Scottish #literature #poetry #WW2 #WarPoetry

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/from_the_line/

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scotlit, 16 days ago

Thàinig uair-san leis na sligean,
leis na spealgan-iarainn beàrnach,
anns an toit is anns an lasair,
ann an crith is maoim na h-àraich…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean) (1911–1996), “Curaidhean” (“Heroes”)
a #Gaelic #poem for #VEDay

#Scottish #literature #poetry #WW2 #WarPoetry

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/curaidhean/

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