Merryn Glover's 'Cairngorms Lyric' Concept
Browsing Merryn Glover's website, I came across the concept of the 'Cairngorms Lyric'.
The Cairngorms from the North:
Merryn's an author and educator who lives near the 'gorms, and her Cairngorms lyric is a poetry form of fifteen words, at least one of which must not be English. Oh, and it must feature Cairngorms nature in some way. Examples on her website include:
The Cairngorms from the North:
Merryn's an author and educator who lives near the 'gorms, and her Cairngorms lyric is a poetry form of fifteen words, at least one of which must not be English. Oh, and it must feature Cairngorms nature in some way. Examples on her website include:
Spring rises from her kip to find her bed filled with snow. Winter willnae go. Merryn Glover
and:
Redpolls and siskins upside down in the birkin branches;
In the forest many lifetimes deep. Carolyn Robertson
I'm a sucker for novel poetry forms (see 'Thingabouts'), so decided to have a go of one myself!
Thick soup of cloudstastes of moss and mineralsustenance for ghostson Beinn Macdhuibh.
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