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Posters

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English

Download these PDF posters to print on A4 or A3.

Cover corridors, stick on fridges, pop up above the kettle at work;  put them anywhere you think other readers will enjoy an unexpected few minutes of poetry.

Gaelic

Postairean

’S urrainnear na postairean seo a luchdachadh a-nuas airson priontadh air A4 no A3.

Ge bith an ann air balla trannsa, air fridse, no os cionn a’ choire, cuiribh an-àird na postairean seo an àite sam bith far a bheil thu a’ smaoineachadh a bheir dhà na thrì mhionaidean de bhàrdachd, ris nach robh dùil aca, toileachas dhaibh.

Why I Speak of Hope

A poem by Mir Abdullah Miri -a refugee scholar from Afghanistan.

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Crith-Thalmhainn

This poem was selected for National Poetry Day 2018, on the theme of 'change'.

Chaidh an dàn seo a thaghadh airson Là Nàiseanta na Bàrdachd an 2018, air an robh ‘atharrachadh’ mar chuspair.

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My Pitch

This poem is one of our National Poetry Day 2018 poems, for the theme of 'change'. The football field can be a place for slow but profound social change in this Jackie Kay poem.

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Meadowbank Changing Manifesto

One of the poems selected for National Poetry Day 2018, for the theme of 'change'. Why can’t we change the names of all sports to better suit the activity?

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Doctor Wha

This poem is one of the poems selected for National Poetry Day 2018, on the theme of change. ‘Wha’s Doctor Wha? James Robertson wonders what’s really real in this universe ‘fou o parallels’.

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Traditional

This anonymous Scottish Gaelic poet muses on a question that haunts every farmer and gardener.

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Woolly Bear

One of our National Poetry Day 2018 poems. Is it the poem really about a bear? Valerie Gillies describes the changes in a bug’s life.

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In the Mid-Midwinter

One of four new posters for winter.

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Garland for Winter Solstice

One of four new posters for winter.

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The Three

One of four new posters for winter.

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December Day

One of four new posters for winter.

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No Frigate Like A Book

This poem was nominated by a teacher to inspire students at his college.

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