Author: Alan Addison

Before graduating in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh in 1995, I worked as a master joiner/carpenter. Following graduation from university, I studied for a post-graduate diploma in Community Education and worked as a literacy tutor in Community Learning and Development. I have gained education awards and published an academic paper on the use of Scots language in family literacy work. I have produced teachers' notes for the Scottish Book Trust. My first work of fiction, Justified Sinner, was completed in 2016. Since then I have published three more novels in the JP Associate series.

AddNib 8

28th February

Nae need tae leap oot o bed

Fir it’s no a leap year they said

Disnae mak muckle sense –

Tae me an mine,

In a leap year Feb has twenty-nine

Then that wuman found an account

Had grown tae a rather large amount

Urges us aw tae search the hoose

In case we’ve got a forgotten stash

Some paperwork tae turn intae cash

Chance wid be a fine thing!

Mair actors receiving accolades

This time for brilliance and resilience

Must be a poet in yon judges’ midst

Either that or they were…

Brahms and Liszt

And now fir AddNibs weather WARNING

The day is much tae be desired,

But the morn sees the orb well-fired

Like the rolls wie Sunday’s fayre

(Enough tae mak a meteorologist glad)

That he’s retired,

Nearly.

AddNib 7

27th February

A’m pleased tae report fae the deluge,

Scots will gie Ukrainians refuge.

But the French will no be seen,

Beatin the lads thirty-six tae seventeen.

But there’s always good news

Oan the back o the bad news

An the good news?

There’s nae news.

Well no worth writin about anywie…

Oh except four thoosand wigs hae been taen fae the back o a lorry jist aff the A1…

Police are still combing the area.🕵️‍♂️

And now AddNibs weather WARNING

Nae rain, nae wind, an wa tae wa sun

Time tae put aff yer tellies,

Cause come Monday,

Yer gonnae need yer wellies!

AddNib 6

26th February

That poor MP needed an extra bob,

Nae wrong doing in an extra job,

Four thoosand trainers

Fae the back o a lorry?

The perpetrators will be sorry,

If they can catch them.

Sir Alex gracing Pittodrie Park

Sparkling like granite after dark

An Jekyll an Hyde’s in Leith

Ye’ll hear the rattlin o Leithers’ teeth,

An no just wie the cauld

Or loose wallies gettin auld.

And now for the weather WARNING

It will be sunny and bright at Murrayfield

Till the final whistle.😱

AddNib 5

25th February

Putin on the agony

Putin on the style

NHS in Glasgow go that extra mile,

A ward for its leadership,

A ward for its team,

Nowt in oor world

Is quite whit it seems –

Dumfries as a city?

Announced in a ditti

Oan the auld piana,

“It must be right, its justified”,

Its spoken by Joanna.

And now for the weather WARNING

Absolutely fabulous!