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Am Bogsa-Litrichean

Meg Bateman

Dh’fhan mo litir ris a’ phosta,
oidhche Shathairne, oidhche Dhòmhnaich,
ràinig i Dùn Èideann, chaidh a fosgladh,
sheas i greiseag air a’ phiàna;

Ach tha mo chridhe fhathast
mar am bogsa-litrichean tron oidhche –
crò-dhearg, do-fhaicsinneach,
làn fios nach gabh lìbhrigeadh.


Meg Bateman

Meg Bateman, ‘Am Bogsa-Litrichean / The Pillar-Box’ from Soirbheas (Polygon, 2007), by permission of the publisher

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national poetry day 2016

Translations of this Poem

The Pillar-Box

My card waited for the postman,
Saturday night, Sunday night,
arrived in Edinburgh, was opened,
stood a while on the piano;

But my heart is still
like the pillar-box through the night –
unseen, red-raw,
full of undeliverable messages.

Source: Meg Bateman, ‘Am Bogsa-Litrichean / The Pillar-Box’ from Soirbheas (Polygon, 2007), by permission of the publisher

About this poem

This poem is one of the 8 printed on poem cards and distributed to libraries and participating schools across Scotland for National Poetry Day 2016.

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Meg Batemanb.1959

Meg Bateman has been bringing new qualities to Gaelic poetry since her first publications in the 1990s.
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