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The Old Nobby

Ian Hamilton Finlay

My hull is leaking like a sieve,
The paint is flaking off my hatches,
My heart’s not worn upon my sleeve
(But on my sails are scarlet patches.)

Ian Hamilton Finlay

from The Blue Sail (Wax366, 2002)

Reproduced by permission of the Estate of Ian Hamilton Finlay.

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ageing ships and boats short poems
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Ian Hamilton Finlay1925 - 2006

Ian Hamilton Finlay was a short-story writer, poet, concrete poet, visual and conceptual artist, sculptor, gardener and classical moralist, now internationally recognised for his contributions to each of these spheres of culture.
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