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Glasgow Sonnet i - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

A mean wind wanders through the backcourt trash.
Hackles on puddles rise, old mattresses
puff briefly and subside…

The Theatre Royal’s Gorgeous Transformation to the Hall of a Thousand Lights - by Hamish Whyte

{ Poem }

As fast as Glasgow burned its theatres to the ground
/ it built them back again – we couldn’t do
/ without our…

Gasometer - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

You are an iron guard or talisman,
and I hear that those who talk of eyesores
you have consigned, bless you, to the bad place.

The Eye - by Sheenagh Pugh

{ Poem }

Across the bay, they’re building a house
/ with a glass wall, panes all the way up
/
/ into the gable, windows that wrap
/ around…

The First Rule of Sinhalese Architecture - by Michael Ondaatje

{ Poem }

Never build three doors
/ in a straight line
/
/ A devil might rush
/ through them
/ deep into your house,
/ into your life
/ …

A Poem for a Morning - by Margaret Tait

{ Poem }

I had to get nearer the sky,
For the city was too full of rooms
And I can’t be content with a window.

Foundation - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

‘What would you put in the foundation stone
/ for future generations?’ ‘A horseshoe,
/ a ballet shoe, a horseshoe crab, a sea-horse,
/ a sheriff’s…

Here, Or There, Or Elsewhere - by Aislinn Hunter

{ Poem }

Yesterday I went for the second time to the Crystal Palace… It seems as if only magic could have gathered…

For the Opening of the Scottish Parliament, 9 October 2004 - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

Open the doors! Light of the day, shine in; light of the mind, shine out!
/ We have a building which is…

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