SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1398 Title : Flying high Author(s): James Hiddo Moncrieff Copyright holder(s): James Hiddo Moncrieff Text I watched you perform: Your one-wheeled bike Your roller coaster ride Your juggling with each day. I watched you perform Without a safety net: Swinging on a trapeze Shooting from the mouth of a cannon Straddling the high-wire with ease. Safe behind closed doors And toughened safety glass; Safe from the vagaries of the wind Or crossing the road I watched the last sliver of light From a cold sunset - And watched you fall, float gently And fall like the lost feathers Of a gunshot bird and it already Dead upon the ground. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience Adults (18+): General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2005 Word count: 95 Text medium Magazine (e-zine): Text publication details Published: Publication year: 2005 Place of publication: Shetland Part of larger text: Contained in: The New Shetlander Editor: Laureen Johnson and Brian Smith Page numbers: 20 Text setting Journalism: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 972 Forenames: James Hiddo Surname: Moncrieff Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 19 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Working class/Socialist Occupation: Retired Place of birth: Lerwick Region of birth: Shetland Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Bigton Region of residence: Shetland Residence CSD dialect area: Sh Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Telegraphist Father's place of birth: Lerwick Father's region of birth: Shetland Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Housewife Mother's place of birth: Loppersum Mother's region of birth: Groningen Mother's country of birth: Holland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home