Martyrs
At Jan Palak Square
A mindit on oor ain martyrs,
A thoosan mile awa.
Twa weimen, young an auld,
Droont ower the heid o releigion
In Covenantin times.
In twentiet centurie Prague
He de’ed bi fire
Tae speir for freedom
Fae Communist rule,
This young student,
Bi his ain thin haun.
Eneuch ye’d think,
Tae crack thon icy hairts.
Liz Niven
Margaret Wilson, the Martyr of the Solway
The poem ‘Martyrs’ by Liz Niven of Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Gallowa) was first published in Lallans: the magazine for writing in Scots, Nummer 48 Caunilmass 1997, and is here reproduced with the author’s permission.
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