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Digging - by Alan Jackson

{ Poem }

fallen in a heap
/ again
/ why do i keep
/ falling in a heap?
/
/ i got plaster
/ i got bricks
/ i got a…

Stone - by Alasdair Maclean

{ Poem }

I
/
/ A long peninsula of solid rock,
/ upholstered every year in threadbare green.
/ Stones everywhere, ambiguous and burgeoning.
/ In Sanna ramparts of them
/ march…

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…

2 Termite Skyscrapers - by Non-Scottish anonymous

{ Poem }

2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ he tries
/ to separate
/ his
/ eyes
/
/ the man
/ who
/ minds
/ 2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ comes home
/ with
/ nothing
/ and
/ a
/ headache
/ …

The Yellow House - by María Soledad Quiroga

{ Poem }

The house
/ yellow
/ windows everywhere without panes
/ pure…

Constrói-me a casa… - by Ana Paula Tavares

{ Poem }

Constrói-me a casa
/ Com o barro de dentro
/ Entrelaça o colmo
/
/ Guarda dos caminhos
/ Guardião do fogo
/
/ Fixa um tronco aqui
/ E outro ali
/ Prepara…

Aberdeen, the Granite City - by George Bruce

{ Poem }

The brown land behind, south and north
/ Dee and Don and east the doubtful sea,
/ The town secured by folk that warsled
/ With…

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