Thrawn Craws

West Lothian Posse (and guests). Writing and celebrating life.

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February Feeling
Sylvia Dow says: written for Thrawn Craws to mark the turn from what seems like the longest January ever to the shortest month. And a note of hope amidst the allotter dreich.
We love it @dowsylv Thank you!

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Happy weekend! Hope you have some lovely Winter light where you are. Please enjoy this meditative beauty from @EmmaMooney21 !

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@EmmaMooney21 He's a keeper 😉

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From @EmmaMooney21 ❤️😂

A young writer fae Bathgate wis caught
Pouring Baileys intae the soup pot!
She fed aw the Sandras
Who danced on verandahs
Not gien a fuck nor a jot!

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Fire Pit Reunion: a warming New Year poem from Sarah Gudgeon.

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Shout out to all my fellow sober alcoholics weathering the 'jokes' about how #dryjanuary is off. 🙄 You can do it. #adayatatime

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New Year's Day (by Ellie Stewart)

For a while, the morning belonged
to the craws,
the geese,
that hawk,
and the broken sledges in the park.

When the sun hit the slope
I slid down on my bum.
Drank tea by the frosted rose
at their front door.

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New Year's Day (by Ellie Stewart)

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Laura Fyfe is a poet with a chronic low boredom threshold. She filmed the video that inspired this poem during a rare Saturday night to herself during the Covid-19 2020 lockdown. https://t.co/mPTRkGRVvv

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A song for today. Written in happy collaboration: Ellie Stewart, Fionnag NicChoinnich, Brian Ó hEadhra and friends. Run Rhona! https://t.co/CgWVvBy71o

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We're featuring @sheilatempleto1 over on our page today. Among other accolades, Sheila won the 2020 John McCash Scots Poetry Prize. Published by @RedSquirrelPres and @tap_poetry she was also a brave and compassionate guidance teacher @LoveWestLothian 🥰
https://t.co/KEA9VIPCWO

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@EllieMStewart is published by @tap_poetry and @salamanderst

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This is not a Love Letter, by Ellie Stewart
(Text below)

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Already worn in patches,
when finally it tears it will have other lives;
dust sheets,
handkerchiefs,
bandages.

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A delicious, soothing Autumn poem from Sarah Gudgeon ...

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'Bridges' is inspired by Sylvia's @dowsylv daily walk ... a routine started during lockdown. In this beautiful poem, the years fold and unfold as she repeats her journey.

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We will talk about this / We will eat apple tart / Dance in the kitchen. / I will drink your tea / Eat your metaphors. / We will talk about this ... some other day.

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Until we're back in each other's kitchens ... here's a wee audio poem from @EllieMStewart
'Some Other Day'
The text is posted in the replies below.
DESCRIPTION: A photo taken in a kitchen. Two apples together on a wooden board in the foreground. Light bounces off them.