This is a collection of Poems About Miners… Some from Scotland, some from Wales and some from Canada and Australia… They all tell the same story… I dedicate these Poems to my Dad, Wullie Sim, who was a Miner for over 50 years…
Collier’s every wan |
The Rapper Up Man |
My Working Day |
Father was a Miner |
Heaven or Hell? |
Was It Worth It |
Elegy for the Miner |
Coal |
Time |
A Breed Apart |
The Gaffer |
The Return of a Miner |
Advice |
A memory, from age three, for my Dad |
The Kings of Coal |
Coal Miner |
It’s in the blood. |
The Coal Miners Prayer |
Auchengeich Disaster |
Dire Catastrophe |
An Autumn Morning… |
Still Shoveling |
My Own Penny Fare |
Blantyre Pit Burning Fatality |
When Darkness Fell |
A Collier Laddie |
The Trapper |
A Miner’s Best Friend |
On Strike |
The Pit Pony |
The Price of Coal |
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