The Garfish - a poet?

[Soupy]

Not quite - nor as funny, but both sad and brilliant. Below is on the shortlist for a BBC Scotland competition to find the nation's favourite poem as voted by the public. Winner to be announced later today - Burn's day.

Lernin

thi wummin iz standin
by thi doar
the wee boy iz rite
inside thi shoap
thi man iz bitween
thi wummin
an thi boy

thi wee boy iz greetin
wi hiz hole body
thi wee shoodurz
shuddur
inside thi bobbly lookn
jumpur wi
sumthin sticky smujd
doon thi frunt
teerz make white scarz
throo thi muck
oan hiz crumply face

thi man goze
fukn MOOV
ah telt yi
moov it
NOW

thi wee laddy
greets hardur
mummy
he sayz
hiz arms reechin up
tay hur
mummy ah wont YOO
mummy PLEEZ

thi wummin
looks it thi boy
her eyebrows rinkul
hur body twitchiz
taywordz thi bairn
then she stops
looks it thi man

jist yoo stay
rite thare hen
he sayz
ahv telt yi bifore
dinny giv inty him
thi boyz goaty lern
yi heer mi?
thi boyz goaty lern

Alison Flett (1965-)

[The Garfish]

Originally Posted by Soupy

Below is on the shortlist for a BBC Scotland competition to find the nation's favourite poem as voted by the public.

dat poim iz verry sadd
itt maid mee shedd a teer
ifn i woz de kidds dadd
iyd av clipt de likkul bastud rownd de eer


gArf

[UKPOWERBOAT]

Originally Posted by The Garfish

dat poim iz verry sadd
itt maid mee shedd a teer
ifn i woz de kidds dadd
iyd av clipt de likkul bastud rownd de eer


gArf

Very Good