Musings from the Merse
Friday, October 23, 2009
Festival of Talents
Report in Full
At last the Berwickshire website has caught up with recent events-so can now go here and save yourself 65p on the paper!
Last para is the interesting bit
Labels: Festival of Talents, Poetry Anthology, Spectres on the Landscape
Friday, April 24, 2009
Berwickshire Has Talent?
Back in Duns Huttonian was greeted with this story in the Berwickshire: Read here
Alert bloggees will know that the poetry anthology is my baby and I am glad to report the poems are coming in but plenty of room for more. And if you scrutinise the small print regarding the various events you will see a reference to a chance to win a week's stay in a 'County Down, Cottage' No prizes for guessing which cottage and where. Hint (a) not unconnected with the Huttonian tribe (b) close to the Mountains of Mourne and (c) one mile from the brst golf course in the British Isles (PBUI) and currently rated No 2 in the Universe. So come along, dig deep and enjoy.
Talent not required in this instance.
Just cash
Back in Duns Huttonian was greeted with this story in the Berwickshire: Read here
Alert bloggees will know that the poetry anthology is my baby and I am glad to report the poems are coming in but plenty of room for more. And if you scrutinise the small print regarding the various events you will see a reference to a chance to win a week's stay in a 'County Down, Cottage' No prizes for guessing which cottage and where. Hint (a) not unconnected with the Huttonian tribe (b) close to the Mountains of Mourne and (c) one mile from the brst golf course in the British Isles (PBUI) and currently rated No 2 in the Universe. So come along, dig deep and enjoy.
Talent not required in this instance.
Just cash
Labels: BBC. Broadcasting House. Duns, Festival of Talents, Poetry Anthology
Monday, April 13, 2009
Hame is where the Poet is
The story here in the Berwickshire News is very good news for Huttonian's Autumn project about which there have been previous posts. Not only will the first three prize winning poems appear in the money-raising anthology but two others from Eyemouth pupils will also be featured. I also expect that Berwickshire High School pupils who are running a competition for 5 poems will prove to be equally proficient
So much for the kids. The response from more senior folk has been disappointing numerically-a few excellent efforts but not enough for a worthwhile anthology. There is still time
But not much
In the meanwhile I think this is an astonishingly good effort from a third year pupil
HOME IS TO WHERE YOU RETURN
"From the weather- beaten shore to the bright city lights,
In a crowded bar with beat-up guitars.
Friday and Saturday night we lose ourselves to the beat and folk,
While a room full of people dance and sing,
Beer spills and the room fills with comforting cigarette smoke,
A beautiful girl saws on a fiddle, looking down she smiles at her feet,
Her blond hair glows in the lime light from adoring faces,
We feel sheltered and loved under the clouds while they leak,
We walk singing through the city,
Instruments slung casually over our shoulders,
In black cases reflecting the night.
But we move away from this beautiful land,
To ski, surf and sit in the sand,
We won't feel any pain being this far away,
As long as we sing our Strathspey in the rain.
And one day we'll hitch' home, settle down, never go far
And pick up our guitars where we left off in the bar."
Go on, match that.
The story here in the Berwickshire News is very good news for Huttonian's Autumn project about which there have been previous posts. Not only will the first three prize winning poems appear in the money-raising anthology but two others from Eyemouth pupils will also be featured. I also expect that Berwickshire High School pupils who are running a competition for 5 poems will prove to be equally proficient
So much for the kids. The response from more senior folk has been disappointing numerically-a few excellent efforts but not enough for a worthwhile anthology. There is still time
But not much
In the meanwhile I think this is an astonishingly good effort from a third year pupil
HOME IS TO WHERE YOU RETURN
"From the weather- beaten shore to the bright city lights,
In a crowded bar with beat-up guitars.
Friday and Saturday night we lose ourselves to the beat and folk,
While a room full of people dance and sing,
Beer spills and the room fills with comforting cigarette smoke,
A beautiful girl saws on a fiddle, looking down she smiles at her feet,
Her blond hair glows in the lime light from adoring faces,
We feel sheltered and loved under the clouds while they leak,
We walk singing through the city,
Instruments slung casually over our shoulders,
In black cases reflecting the night.
But we move away from this beautiful land,
To ski, surf and sit in the sand,
We won't feel any pain being this far away,
As long as we sing our Strathspey in the rain.
And one day we'll hitch' home, settle down, never go far
And pick up our guitars where we left off in the bar."
Go on, match that.
Labels: Berwickshire Poetry, Burns'es Wanted, Poetry Anthology
