BJ 581 in Birka - by
Was she then a lover,
a wife, a sister, cousin, aunt?
Was she laid there in jest,
as a punishment, as an example?
archaeology
A Memory of Death - by
Nineteen fifty six was a momentous year,
/ The year of Suez…
CSI - by
A dyke like her who’s been around the block
/ a bit has heard it all before. Volcano, somewhere
/ near the Tropics, unexpectedly…
Viking Horse-bone Ice Skates - by
The horse won’t know how its metatarsal
/ can be whittled by friction with the lake,
/ how the act of skating is part…
Punctuation Marks - by
Where sea and land meet, begin there.
/ The ampersand, the join, is a fault
/ which caused jagged peaks to rise –
/ from…
Far-Off Settlements - by
Their burning, hot-branded outlines, their inner pathways, are all a psalm
/ sung sad and monotonous;
/ children run and yell
/ like little blips, in…
Am Bucas - by
Anns a’bhliadhna
aon air fhichead aon air fhichead,
a; cladhach ann a seann làraich,
thàinig iad gu bucas