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As we move towards the end of Deaf Awareness Week 2019, we’re delighted to announce that we shall soon be installing a new, and much improved, hearing loop in the Scottish Poetry Library thanks to assistance provided by the Dr David Summers Trust and Deaf Action. ...More
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You have picked me out.
Through a distant shot of a building burning
you have noticed now
that a white cotton shirt is twirling, turning.
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