Happy World Porridge Day to all who celebrate! 🥣
Captain of oats, braw brose, fine gruel,
you are thi Scotsman’s constant fuel
fae New Year’s Dey till end o Yule
(we don’t do Simmer):
oan ilka morn ye bring renewal,
thi stomach’s zimmer…
—WN Herbert, “To Porridge”
published in OMNESIA (Bloodaxe Books, 2013)
https://poetryinternationalweb.org/pi/site/poem/item/22732/auto/0/TO-PORRIDGE
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