The Poems: The Love Jam of Nostradamus

Acknowledgements:Pamphlet no. 156 Title: The Love Jam of Nostradamus, Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Aberdeen, Printed by: Repro Overflow 5 Novar Place Aberdeen.Cover: A black & white version of a woodcut by Johannes Zainer 1473. The Murderet Bairn is based on information from https://holeousia.com/about-me/deeside-tales-the-stories-of-a-small-glen/ I recorded The Auld Woman fa steeked the door on Daith, on the following website: Forest Heritage Scotland : Discover your roots in Scotland’s forests www.forestheritagescotland.com. The Auld Wumman fa steeked the yett on Daith, is a story told to me by Stanley Robertson. This is a version I wrote from the transcript of the audio file I recorded. The story Bojo was written in response to the Journalists’ Charity/Dickens Fellowship competition which aimed to find a new Dickens character for the 21st century. There were almost 300 entries in the competition to mark the 150th anniversary of the great writer’s death. The competition was used to raise awareness (and funds) for the Journalists’ Charity which, having begun his career as a freelance Parliamentary reporter, Dickens helped found over 155 years ago. ‘Bojo’ was one of the short listed entries. The Journalists’ Charity trustee, Charles Garside, recorded it on You Tube Volume 1 track 12. https://journalistscharity.org.uk/dickens/ The Ballads of Torry and Banchory were inspired by The Storytelling Centre Edinburgh’s project Scottish Story Ripple. Deeside poems were written on a day up GlenGairn filmed by Grace Banks for our THAIA initiative. The Lonely Monkey Puzzle Tree was published by Sally Evans on her poetry website, inspired by her comments on Facebook. This a Limited Edition of 50 books. For more information on publications by Sheena Blackhall, visit http://sheenablackhall.blogspot.com or the on-line catalogue of the Nat. Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/index/html. All of Blackhall’s poems in Scots and English, are now uploaded on www.poemhunter.com. Her website can be found on http://smiddleton4.wix.com/sheena-blackhall. An interview in podcast form with the poet appears on: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/podcast/sheena-blackhall.This book is dedicated to Sally Evans, poet & friend 2020 © Copyright Sheena Blackhall August 2020