Tag: Little Sparta
Pianos and Flowers
On the day that I retired from the NHS, after more than 25 years as a doctor, our postwoman delivered a present. It was from Alexander McCall Smith and included … Continue reading Pianos and Flowers
Where is now?
Our once new but now auld greenhouse was named after Ian Hamilton Finlay’s garden. In the recent gales several glass panes have been blown out and our greenhouse is now … Continue reading Where is now?
Have you any one-word poems?
If you have written any one-word poems and would like to share them, please get in touch and I will add them to this page (with full credit) Rules as set … Continue reading Have you any one-word poems?
For all little Spartans
A page for one word poems (with titles as long as you so wish). This page is dedicated to all ‘Little Spartans’ I strive beyond the talk of ‘objectivity’ … Continue reading For all little Spartans
A little Spartan
I am a little Spartan. I retreat from Market forces, Ego and Ivory Towers. I do not attack, I vulnerably question. Neither science nor art can divide Little Sparta.
Kailyards
My Gordon family came from remote and lost parts of Aberdeenshire. For some reason I keep returning to the now ruinous homesteads of my forebears where only wild kailyards continue … Continue reading Kailyards
“Pathological” language: on what basis and decided by who?
This post is about our use of language. Recently I made a film called “language is the dwelling place of being” about the poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay who … Continue reading “Pathological” language: on what basis and decided by who?