Dim Riv (daybreak)
Uncategorized Creative Writing, Laureen Johnson, New Shetlander, poem, Poetry, Shetland poet
Daylight comes oot o darkness
slow rose
an mylk-blue
a wash o saft light
somewye far tae da aest
comin on
brighter
comin slowly, nae haste
mylk-blue, baby-blue
fresh rose
day is comin!
da world is turnin
da stars abön wis fade
a whisper o a mön
slips wasterly,
ta wait her time again
an
dere!
in a lang slow lowe
wi life at da hert
a glöd at’ll waarm
da face o da aert
risin calm, strong an gold
laek nae idder moarnin
laek every idder moarnin
here’s da sun
da sun
is here!
© Laureen Johnson 2009
First in stage production ‘Circles and Tides’, Skeklers Theatre Company, 2002.
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Lovely to see Laureen’s poems getting an airing! And the care taken to display the poetry adds to the experience of reading.
Lovely to see Laureen’s poems getting an airing. And the care taken to display the poems increases the pleasure.