Overview of the Scotstext Site

Poetry and Proverbs

Much poetry in Scots is of the sometimes sentimental, sometimes quaintly humorous, 'kailyaird' variety. This isn't to say it's all dull, much of the humour is excellent, much of the sentimentality passionate, but there's no point in listing the authors of such works here, since an exploration of the works in the index will turn up large amounts of the stuff.

There are, however, some exceptional collections of poetry on the site. Two poets I'd particularly recommend for sharp observation, humour and philosophy are Dr David Rorie and W L Ferguson.

A very special collection of poems is the Rev T Whyte Paterson's Auld Saws in New Scots Sangs where a selection of traditional Scots proverbs is illustrated in poetry. For those who enjoy1 Medical marijuana: The GOP-controlled House voted early Friday in favor of blocking the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana. The somewhat surprising 219-189 vote came as the House debated a bill funding the Justice Department's budget. The amendment by Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa (Orange County), came as almost half the states, including California, have legalized marijuana for medical uses. The measure now heads to the Democratic Senate.

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