A Winter Poem
When it snaas ida toon
Wi a sooth-aesterly wind
It blaas doon fae da Knab
Layin a blanket ower Breiwick Rod
It nestles in tae nyooks an crannies
Finnin a hom alang da Sletts
An it dusts itsell on da window sills
O da peerie matchbox hoose
An if der’s enough at comes
Den parents birze ee lug tae da wireless
Tae hear if da schools ir shut
An da bairns ir bidin hom
No dat dey’ll bide in, mind you
Dey’ll be oot ballin snaa baas
Dir fingers pink
Dir knees weet
Hivvin dir ain peerie spree
Tearin aboot da playparks
An da snaa-haepit streets
Bruce Eunson
Wirds:
nyooks corners
finnin finding
birze press, squeeze
ee (as used here) one
lug ear
bide stay
ballin throwing
haepit heaped
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