SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1479 Title : A Country Codex Author(s): Rowena M Love Copyright holder(s): Rowena M Love Text Some rustic scrivener Painstakingly transcribes every detail Onto stream-feinted vellum hills: Thick-nibbed oaks blend into fine-drawn birch; Italic reeds edge cobalt water; And a flourish of ferns curlicue lower slopes. Each valley a font of wisdom In this palimpsest land Where new growth overwrites Last season’s cull; A gorse-illumined manuscript Preaching Nature’s gospel. 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: Males: Females: Audience size: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 1999 Word count: 59 Text medium Magazine (e-zine): Periodical/journal: Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publication year: 1999 Part of larger text: Contained in: Reach Poetry Monthly, Issue 24, July 1999 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 1068 Forenames: Rowena Initials: M Surname: Love Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1960 Educational attainment: University, PCGE and Maîtrise Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher and writer Place of birth: Dumbarton Region of birth: Dunbarton Birthplace CSD dialect area: Dnbt Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Troon Region of residence: S Ayr Residence CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Master Mariner and Teacher Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Nurse Mother's place of birth: Rankinston Mother's region of birth: N Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work and home Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work, on holiday Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At home, occasionally at work