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ISSUE TWO: BY STONE. BY WOOD. BY WATER.
Craig Aitchison

Craig Aitchison

Dinosaur Valley

Sic a drouth, watters recede

tae kythe fitdunts lang hidden, 

merks left bi the clauts 

o muckle craiturs plowterin 

in a shallae sea, een tae 

the grund, leukin nae 

further than the neist meal, 

unkennin the glaur wud 

haurden tae stane – a bruid

tae the bygane, a spae

tae the forrit an ayont.

 

 

 

 

 

Header Photo Credit: Photo by Karen Cann on Unsplash.

Craig Aitchison
Craig Aitchison

Craig Aitchison is a writer of prose and poetry from the Scottish Borders. His work has been published by Lallans, Northwords Now, Southlight, Pushing Out the Boat and Tangled Web. He is a Scottish Mountaineering Creative and in 2023 he was given a New Writers Award for work in Scots.

Photo Credit: Rob MacDougall