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Ionnsaichibh barrachd mu mar a gheibhear leabhraichean air iasad bho na cruinneachaidhean againn aig Leabharlann Bàrdachd na h-Alba.
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Mach 1: Poetry Commission at Edinburgh Park

12 August, 2019

An opportunity has arisen for a Scotland-based poet to take up a commission at one of the country’s most exciting new buildings. ...More

A Poet’s Survival Guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2019

2 August, 2019

RJ Arkhipov provides an inside guide for poets on how to survive the Edinburgh Fringe. ...More

Summer News on the Out of Bounds Poetry Project

31 July, 2019

In September, a young person’s poetry competition will be launched themed around the Scottish Makar Jackie Kay’s poem ‘In My Country’. ...More

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'Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you-
Ye are many - they are few.’
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