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The Judges have now produced the shortlist of the 12 poems going forward to the final announcement of the winners at the presentation on...

Cats & Dugs Doon Blackness brae, thon castle, a big stane ship smirred in mist, slate-grey Firth snarlin at her knees. We could’ve...

MacLass It was a night just like tonight, the sea was calm and raging, the sun was shining, warm and bright, rain hadn't stopped in ages....

Thank you to all the 270 poets who submitted poems to the blackness on the sea poetry quest. This was a superb response and of amazing...

Poem Title We are all doomed From ? aged 9 We are all doomed! Kelty barks as the ocean sings Blackness is braw when the rafters ring That...

POEM TITLE The Painting POEM The outline is a ship, stuck solid in the shores, the bridges frame its stature, and are glistening in the...

POEM TITLE From Forth the Village POEM From Forth the Village The blackness of the sea stretches out before us Under the star studded...

POEM TITLE ‘Frae mony years ahent the strife POEM ‘Frae mony years ahent the strife (Reader - pray gie the scriever historic license tae...

POEM TITLE am i late ? POEM people around me have always been faster than me but now I feel it more and more as days go by who took away...

POEM TITLE A Hungry Lobster POEM A HUNGRY LOBSTER’S PLIGHT (By Bayard S, June, 2022) Yes, I’m a fat lobster with a large shark’s...

POEM TITLE "Its just a wee toon " POEM if this toon could talk , it would tell you some tales Of romans , tall ships in the harbour Not...

POEM TITLE Topknot POEM Blackness on Sea salt sea gales Wrinkled the Forth’s smooth skin with scales. Called Oxycontin by a nib-nosed...

POEM TITLE The Tale of Seven Seals POEM The Seven seals Ochreous and unforgiving Are indeed as real As you and me. In the hidden crevices...

POEM TITLE Wretched Wobbly Stings POEM Such a beautiful night, let’s swim from the shore. Jumped in the cool water, but my head is so...

POEM TITLE Black Thoughts on Deck POEM Black Thoughts On Deck By Clark Zlotchew Midnight on deck. Thinking of Blackness on Sea on the...

POEM TITLE a week in blackness on sea POEM after a week she convinced him to leave blackness on sea on the coast to rot— an abandoned...

POEM TITLE The Place To Be POEM Lobster Thermidor on the shore at Blackness on Sea with ma babee and ma wee doggee, from the Lobster Pot...

POEM TITLE At Blackness POEM For the ship steered left and the sea was right. Lobster will be had at Blackness tonight. I ACCEPT TERMS &...

POEM TITLE I KNOW A PLACE POEM I know a world to the north Where the oceans knock I know a place by the sea Somewhere around the west A...