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A Runnable Stag - by John Davidson

{ Poem }

When the pods went pop on the broom, green broom,And apples began to be golden-skinn’d,We harbour’d a stag in the Priory coomb,And we feather’d his trail up-wind, up-wind,We feather’d his trail up-wind—A stag of warrant, a stag, a stag,A runnable stag, a kingly crop,Brow, bay and tray and three on top,A stag, a runnable stag. […]

Wild Rover Lads - by Neil Munro

{ Poem }

Mickle we missed, be it confessed,
That brings auld age content;
Blaw the wind East, or blaw it West,
‘Twas there wi’ a sang we went.

11:00: Baldovan - by Don Paterson

{ Poem }

Base Camp. Horizontal sleet. Two small boys
have raised the steel flag of the 20 terminus:

me and Ross Mudie are going up the Hilltown
for the first time ever on our own.

The stars are the map I unfurl - by Gary Quinn

{ Poem }

Da starns are da map I unrowl

Happiness - by Stuart A. Paterson

{ Poem }

I’ve made my own Museum of / Happiness, which isn’t built of brick / or stone or wood…

Ho! for the blades of Harden - by Will H. Ogilvie

{ Poem }

Ho! for the blades of Harden!
/ Ho! for the driven kye!
/ The broken gate and the lances’ hate
/ …

The Raiders - by Will H. Ogilvie

{ Poem }

Last night a wind from Lammermoor came roaring up the glen
/ With the tramp of trooping horses and the laugh of…

I Opened A Book - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

I opened a book and in I strode
/ Now nobody can find me.
/ I’ve left my chair, my house, my road,
/ My town…

John o’ Lorn - by Neil Munro

{ Poem }

My plaid is on my shoulder and my boat is on the shore,
/ And it’s all bye…

Lady’s-Slipper Orchid - by Andrew Young

{ Poem }

Though I know well enough
/ To hunt the Lady’s Slipper now
/ Is playing blindman’s-buff,
/ For it was June She put it on
/ And grey…

A Month on the Mile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…

Recruiting - by E. Alan Mackintosh

{ Poem }

Take your risk of life and death
/ Underneath the open sky.
/ Live clean or go out quick –
/ Lads, you’re wanted. Come and…

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