Some local dialect for the Global Sheltie Diaspora
Poem written by James Sinclair

Some local dialect for the Global Sheltie Diaspora

Speerit o Shetlan?

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Monies da poor nicht o wadder

A’m been blyde o dat comfortin blink o licht.

A sentinel gaurdin some hidden shaald.

Da brack o waater ower brokken teeth,

ready ta glaep you doon i da jaws o daeth.

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Da wan dat I mind wi da maist affection

is da Bressa licht oot dere apo da point.

Dat blyde ta see hit’s gl?d apo da horizon

as I kerried me bottle o gaddered sunshine

aa da wey fae da Sooth Shetlan’s, hameward

ta brchten a lang winter, dere at da aedge o da Wirld.

Keenin a waarm welcome waited fur me

under da magic lift o da Nordern Lichts.

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Ur waatchin da licht pass da port side

on by lodberries, tunnels an hoidy holes

whaur mony a barrel o rum avoided da excise man

makkin oot da Sooth Mooth o Lerook harbour.

A taer i da ee, as I mak fur da back waaters

an aa da unkan ports o da Wirld. Fur aa dat,

I wid aye tak da guid wisses o freends an faimily

an taste da waarmth o a dram apo my lips, o da

Speerit o Shetlan.

George Irvine

Global Shetlander (sheltie), Sustainable Entrepreneur, on a personal crusade to develop / introduce new technologies to decarbonize & reduce the current levels of domestic energy poverty in Northern and western isles

1 个月

Lodberries lighthouse’s yep

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George Irvine

Global Shetlander (sheltie), Sustainable Entrepreneur, on a personal crusade to develop / introduce new technologies to decarbonize & reduce the current levels of domestic energy poverty in Northern and western isles

1 个月

Well you know Stephen never forget our roots

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Stephen Gordon (Smirk)

Editorial Cartoonist at THE SHETLAND TIMES LIMITED

1 个月

Quite a "sooth end" perspective Geordie! ??

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