The Nugget
by Lorraine Bruce
Thurs a nugget o blue cheese
under the teeble.
I caught a glimpse o id whaen
I sat doon.
I mind droppan id yesterday
or mibee
the day afore.
Lunch wis Westray watar biscuits
wae butter
and blue cheese.
Stilton?
or mibee Daeneesh Blue.
I winder if the cultyursh
in the cheese
are interactan
wae the bacteria oan
me wid eefect laminit floareen.
Mibee thurs a scientific miracle
hapnan
right there
under me kitcheen teeble.
Some unkan pathogens
are mibee mixan wae the
spores oan the cheese
an mutaetan intae a mould juice
capable o killan this
bliddy virus.
Hids mibee sittan
Under that nugget o cheese
Choost wettan tae be fund bae some
Twenty furst century
Dr Flaemeen.
Weel weel,
Me cups empty.
Al away an git the dustpan an brush.
| Orkney Voices | |
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The Orkney Voices Group as hid is noo wis started at the beginneen o 2018. The aim o hid wis tae mak a spaece whaar Orcadian spaekers could finnd weys o writan and spaekan aboot writeen. The idea grew oot o a Scottish PEN project, Many Voices, that encouraged different marginalised groups ower Scotland tae finnd thir voices in creative writeen classes. At the end o the project, the fokk in the Orkney group wanted tae keep gan, so the George Mackay Fellowship (GMBF) agreed tae tak is under thir umbrella. Wir supported be Orkney Library & Archive and Orkney Islands Council Culture Fund. At the end o last year, efter meetan throughoot 2020 and 2021 online, we launched a collection o wark fae the members:Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, as the George Mackay Brown Centenary publication fae the GMBF. This haes led tae invitations tae read at a variety o events. In the next few months we will be appearing at Orkney Nature Festival, Orkney Folk Festival and St Magnus International Festival. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, price £10, is available to buy from Orkney Bookshops, Stromness Books & Prints,Tel: 01856 850565; and The Orcadian Bookshop, including online sales from their website: The poems in this group are from members of the Orkney Voices Group. | |
| Census: Sock Knitter | Poem by Barbara Johnston |
| Island life | Poem by Sheila Garson |
| On the Road | Poem by Vera Butler |
| Recipe For a Good Storm | Poem by Ingrid Grieve |
| The Nugget | Poem by Lorraine Bruce |
| The Weather Dance | Poem by Greer Norquoy |
| Whit wir ye thinkan? | Poem by Issy Grieve |