Runner up in the 2025 Creatives Flash Poetry Contest, kindly supported by Fort William Mountain Festival and the Highland Bookshop.
Os cionn mo chinn, am plangaid:
Sgòth-fhillte, sgòth-snìomh ’s sgòth-torrach.
Fo mo bhotannan, na duilleagan:
Grian-chlach, haidrocarbon, clach-ghràin.
Le mo làimh, uisge airson seann uisge-beatha:
Gleann Mòr, Gleann Urraidh, Gleann Eisge, Gleann Ùigidh.
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Interleaving
Above my head, the blanket:
Folded, spun, and heavy cloud.
Beneath my boots, the interleaving sheets:
Quartz, hydrocarbon, granite.
By my hand, water for old whiskey:
Glen Mhor, Glenury, Glenesk, Glenugie.