Mary writes with warmth and wit in the Doric about family, growing up in Aberdeenshire, and many other subjects. It comes with a CD of Mary reading the poems. Mary’s last book, Ring O Sangs, was joint runner-up in the Callum Macdonald Memorial Award in May 2009. Calder Wood Press also published Kennt His Faither, a collection of Biblical stories in the Doric. This collection is out of print. The collection, along with the CD, is excellent value. I recommend it. Keep gaun wi yer poetry - nae mony hae the flow o Scots nor the wye wi wirds that ye hae. |
Sample poem:
Fa dis she think she is ?
Fa dis she think she is
she’s jist a cottar man’s dother
she’s jist like wirsels
e baillie’s quine
him aat his fower loons
she’s e allest
piece o damnt nonsense
keeping a quine on at e skweel
she should be oot workin
says she’s gyan til e Varsity
fit’s wrang wi workin in a shop
says she’s gyan ti dee psychology
fit’s aat fen it’s at hame
fit eese is dirt like aat til a body
better aff at e Dough School
an hiv ye heard e wye she spiks
aa posh an anglified
ye’d think she’d a bool in her mooth
fa dis she think she is ony wye
she’s jist a cottar man’s dother
she’s jist like wirsels.
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Teuchat Storm: A reprint of Mary's first collection, with a CD of Mary reading the poems,
and illustrations by Rosaly Johnston.
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