Writing is a closed door activity, and it’s a bit hard to make the re-writting of a sentence or paragraph sound very exciting, especially when you’re hearing the same thing for the umpteenth time! Anyhow, here is a little update! Hamely Tongue / Ulster Scots Poyams & Yarns I have a few Ulster Scots poems … Continue reading What have I been doing?
Author: Robert Campbell
Underachievement?
Underachievement is an oft quoted but little explained term, my understanding is that it is achieving less than you were capable of. I underachieved at school, that is I achieved less than I should have. Looking back I know full well that I did not get what I could have but did get what I … Continue reading Underachievement?
Prison or Art College
I have written this premeditatedly, you know beforehand, that’s not a good thing to do, to premeditate is to imagine, it is to imagine what will have happened, and you don’t know what’s going to happen. At least on election night politicians only have to write two speeches, one for winning and one for losing! … Continue reading Prison or Art College
I Enjoyed School…but
It is one thing to have fun, you know, enjoy yourself, but it’s another thing to be a total pain in the backside. When I talked about enjoying school, I think I really meant I was a total pain in the backside. Dyslexia is embarrassing, well I mean I found dyslexia embarrassing, having to read … Continue reading I Enjoyed School…but
Why do I not write in Ulster Scots more often?
I have a method of writing that I need to use, if I am going to write words on paper that correspond with the words in my head. Well, I have a method of proof reading and correction that eventually leads to something reasonably coherent. I write in the full awareness of being dyslexic, this … Continue reading Why do I not write in Ulster Scots more often?
Ballymoney Chronicle Article
LOCK Doon Poyams is a debut collection of poems and a short story written by Robert Campbell during the Covid-19 Lock Down - though only a few are about the lock doon, and only one specifically mentions the “blasted bug”. Robert, brought up mostly in Doagh, near Ballyclare, visited [with] his grandparents in Mosside many times … Continue reading Ballymoney Chronicle Article
“The Forge”
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