If Leaving You - by
our blackness
a bond
before speech
or encounter
Place: Edinburgh
For the Opening of the Scottish Parliament, 9 October 2004 - by
Open the doors! Light of the day, shine in; light of the mind, shine out!
/ We have a building which is…
Meadow Lane Riffs, Edinburgh - by
A punk thistle with mauve mohican
/ nods to its own beat and the riff of leaves,
/ traffic, sirens and sea-gulls.
/
/ Buccleugh Parish School…
from Dumb Show, With Candles - by
Now the night has fallen, Edinburgh comes alight
/ as if each building’s shell
/ has a fire inside that burned. The follies
/ –…
from Dàin Do Eimhir - by
XI
/
/ Tric ‘s mi gabhail air Dùn Èideann
/ baile glas gun ghathadh grèine,
/ ‘s ann a lasadh e led bhòidhche,
/ baile lòghmhor geal-reultach.
/ …