Homeschooling - by
I’m teaching my children what’s happening
right now, which is to say I’m dredging
an ocean of oil-black sludge into our home
children
Fragments from Children’s Age - by
The night train derails
and a hill of stars spills on the tracks.
Thig Aislingean gu Buil - by
Tha thu nad shaor-thuiteam tron sgàthan
gu roisgeulan na h-oigridh,
a’ sìreadh do thoileachadas gu deò.
Fi’baw in the Street - by
Shote! here’s the poliss,
the Gayfield poliss,
an thull pi’iz in the nick fir
pleyan fi’baw in the street!
Sarah: Fed Up - by
See ma mammy;
says eat yer dinner.
Gies me cabbidge.
The Night Watch - by
Shhh, what did you want to show
that couldn’t wait until the morning?
Was it the moon – because I see it:
the first good bead on a one-bead string
Love of Algebra - by
She says, “You know how you get itand then you forget it”, and I smile,nod – but really, I don’t – can’t even imagine. How doesthe dancer forget dancing,the singer forget singing? How couldI ever not know how to solve simultaneous equations?It would be like forgetting how to breathe or laugh or love.You’d have to […]
Sam but different - by
Ha’in, fae da start, mair as ee wye o spaekin,o makkin sense o things, we learn ta fit whit we say ta whit’s lippened. Takk pity apö dem at’s born ta wan tongue: dem at nivver preevemaet fae idder tables. Raised wi twa languages is unconscious faestin: twa wyes o tinkin.Een extends da tidder; can […]
A Poet’s Welcome to his Love-Begotten Daughter - by
Thou’s welcome, Wean! Mishanter fa’ me,
If thoughts o’ thee, or yet thy Mamie.
Whole Duty of Children - by
A child should always say what’s true
/ And speak when he is spoken to,
/ And behave mannerly at table;
/ At least as far…
To Martin - by
Times
/ In the quiet and dusk of
/ Night, I have wakened
/ Inside a dream of neutral languor,
/ Confessing (with a smile) that my years
/ Point…
Agoh-o, the Children’s Nation - by
Agoh-o little friends of the streets
/ Of the fields
/ Of the schoolyards and villages
/ Agoh-o nation of children
/ Exploring the familiar landscapes
/ In the neighbourhoods…