Poems and pictures
On this page you will find pictures that compliment the author's written work.
CHRISTMAS OVER THE MEARNS
A stumbling mist cradles brooding hills,
gaunt peaks shoulder their tired skies,
Ragged winds scatter fallen remnants of
autumn, under frosts tenacious grip a cold
earth sighs.
To a snow cast landscape the holly’s blood red
beacons burn bright,
Advent candles turn the gloom from darkness
to light.
As a child is born, in a stable, in the still of the night.
Throughout the Mearns tall majestic beeches
parade with naked bough,
‘Tis the harbingers of Christmas that echo
across Kincardineshire now!
Frost borne winds tease Cairn O’ Mount’s
heather lined ridge,
Drumtochty Forest evergreens extol in
silvered foliage;
Fettercairn’s merry burns banter to their
rippled notch,
On Yuletide’s eve sombre pines, sentries of
the slopes keep silent watch.
As a child is born, in a stable, in the still of the night.
As nature scribes winter’s chapter to season’s
book,
Festive lights a’twinkle spread cheer across the
Mearns homely nooks;
On Christmas day, church bells message of joy
ring clear,
Heralding Christmas and a Holy day drawn
near.
As a child is born, in a stable, in the still of the night.
© Peter Morriss
Christmas 2011 at Pitnamoon
Pitnamoon is Pictish- means 'Place of the Moss.'
Photo below
West Mearns Parish Church
Auchenblae Kincardineshire.
WINTER HILLS
To their belonging, frozen wind raked
peaks lie bleak,
Shouting rills curse freezing mists
clinging to boulders lichen welded
faces;
Rising contours rage to their snow
threatened summits,
Moorlands unrelenting frozen landscapes
boast no respite.
Harsh landscapes test the hill walkers
endurance to its limits,
The creaking forest sports her naked
boughs;
Pitnamoon chimneys curl their trails
to cold skies,
Scowling winds scrape Cairn O' Mount's
frozen heights;
To its season winter bares its fangs,
Snow borne clouds menace Kincardineshire
Now!
Peter Morriss
Pitnamoon 2009
Pitnamoon and Winter Hills
A view from the authors garden looking at the fields of spring daffodils and
the flower pickers busy at their day.
April 03.04.2012 saw the fields covered in snow after these photos were taken.
It is hoped to include information photos and poems about the Howe of the Mearns including Items about Robert Burns, his ancestors and Glenbervie. also info about Fettercairn on these pages.
coming soon.
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