plainstanes chackert
wi snaw an snawmelt -
a haud tae the bleck
pavements chequered
with snow and snowmelt -
I keep to the black
posted by John McDonald at 3:09 AM
Thursday, January 03, 2008
wi snaw an snawmelt -
a haud tae the bleck
pavements chequered
with snow and snowmelt -
I keep to the black
- on a brig - twa trevellers skair the wurd... 'pac...
- hogmanay - rackets agane flourishin fir a saicont...
- reddin her pillae - a fou muin plumping her p...
- a hinmaist photy - her murtherer preein'r chaft ...
- clappit agin the bairn's heid: the mither's chaft ...
- his guidwife gane the bodach funds a seep in's pig...
- lang intae the nicht a dinsome ceilidh - wund thro...
- bi the causey a dead mappie - stieve in'ts hinmais...
- the peerie moose - scartin scartin a thirl i ma s...
- kirk doors wide tae the wa - a pickle leaves ...
5 Comments:
A black bishop moving from f8 to b4? That was Kasparov's (blacks) move # 12. 30.1.1985. Karpov replies Ke1-e2, and Kasparov attacking Bishop c8-g4, (chess!) Twenty moves later Karpov (whites) resigns.
;-)
5:16 AM
a sensible thing to do, i reckon :)
(i hate slush)
11:22 AM
Interesting...our pavement (sidewalk), which is most often concrete, is white/gray.
6:13 PM
Black and white, which one to choose...? The basic lesson?
2:37 AM
I saw this at winter haiku and its stuck with me since. As others have said, I pictured you carefully making your way across a frozen chessboard.
3:44 AM
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