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Place: Scotland

The Scottish Poetry Library - by Aonghas MacNeacail

{ Poem }

so much light here –
sun’s rhythm in each wall…
flow of thoughts on the shelves,
radiant lamp of the books

Whithorn Manse - by Alastair Reid

{ Poem }

I knew it as Eden,
/ that lost walled garden,
/ past the green edge
/ of priory and village;
/ and, beyond it, the house,
/ withdrawn, white,
/ one window…

Scotland - by Alastair Reid

{ Poem }

‘We’ll pay for it, we’ll pay for it, we’ll pay for it!’…

The Storm - by Irfan Merchant

{ Poem }

This might be the calm before the storm / or this might be the storm; / some are sunbathing on…

The Morning After - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

It’s those unseen things that bind us, / not flag or battle-weary turf or tartan. / There are dragons to…

Rabbie, Rabbie, Burning Bright - by W. N. Herbert

{ Poem }

Fae dregs o Daft Deys debt comes hame
and we gaither in depression’s wame
aa duty-crossed –
but Burns’s birthday is a flame
set tae Defrost.

Scottish Soil - by Stuart MacGregor

{ Poem }

They brought me
/ Seven handfuls of soil in seven bags
/ And a blindfold. “Now braggart,
/ Prove your boast and
/ Show us which is…

Here lies our land - by Kathleen Jamie

{ Poem }

Small folk playing our part.
/ ‘Come all ye’, the country says
/ You win me, who take me most to heart. …

Speaking of Scotland - by Maurice Lindsay

{ Poem }

What do you mean when you speak of Scotland?
/ The grey defeats that are dead and gone
/ behind the legends each generation
/ savours…

Scotland - by Hugh MacDiarmid

{ Poem }

It requires great love of it deeply to read
The configuration of a land,
Gradually grow conscious of fine shadings,
Of great meanings in slight symbols…

Lachin Y Gair (Dark Lochnagar) - by George Gordon, Lord Byron

{ Poem }

Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses,
/ In you let the minions of luxury rove,
/ Restore me the rocks where the…

Westering Home - by Hugh S. Roberton

{ Poem }

Chorus
/ Westering home, and a song in the air,
/ Light in the eye and it’s goodbye to care.
/ Laughter o’ love,…

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