Acknowledgements.Title: Teasag Cover : photograph courtesy of Catriona Low.‘Teasag's dad (Torquil) was confirmed as a Scottish Wildcat Hybrid in 2024. He remains elusive, successfully evading all attempts at capture, thus retaining the facility to create little replicas of himself. But for Scottish Wildcats, hybridisation with domestic cats is the major threat to their survival. This means the extinction of the species is highly likely without wildcat releases. Trapping and neutering feral cats is highly recommended, though more easily said than done in the case of Teasag and her family. For more information about Scottish Wildcats and how you can help them visit Scottish Wildcat Action:
https://www.savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving-wildcats/’ Catriona Low Some poems are inspired by artists in Cromar featured in the NEOS North East Open Studios 13th-21st September 2025. Other poems were inspired by artists in the Aberdeen Art Fair (August 29-31st 2025)
Printed by Retro Overflow Pamphlet no 213 Sheena Blackhall September 2025 For more information on publications by Sheena Blackhall see www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/index/html. www.poemhunter.com 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 https://sheenablackhall.wordpress.com/ showcases over 2,000 poems in themes, set up and edited by Pauline Cordiner, storyteller Thanks are due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume, and to guest writer Kenna Anderson for setting up and editing the linked in version, and for her fifty word stories featured in this pamphlet.
