Title: Henry VIIIth’s Perks.Pamphlet no 150 Poems in Scots & English Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Service Graphics Aberdeen The Cover Image is the King of Spades c. Sheena Blackhall March 2020 Many of these poems were written whilst a patient in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Slains was written for filming at Slains Castle during a visit with Freak Films and Dr Fiona-Jane Brown. The Thunder Hole was written after a photographic session at Maryculter House for a tourism project 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 Thanks are also due to Malfranteux Concepts for agreeing to publish this collection.Sheena Blackhall March 2020 Dedicated to Kenna Anderson ‘Just take this step’, said the horse. ‘The horizon will look after itself.’…‘ The Truth is I need pictures. They are like islands , places to get to in a sea of words.’ From: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse’, by Charlie Mackesy, Ebury Press, 2019