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driving

Still - by Eleanor Livingstone

{ Poem }

Not crow, eyes calculating
/ my speed, the distance, his time
/
/ not blackbird or thrush
/ in a startled trajectory of flight
/
/ not pigeon, undecided…

October Running - by Hilton Brown

{ Poem }

A Small Car’s Day
/
/ The Highland Road’s been sung before and will be sung again,
/ So long as bards give thanks for…

On the road - by Jenni Daiches

{ Poem }

It’s nearly New Year and we’ve loaded the van
/ with clothes for cold weather, boots and thick socks,
/ Christmas leftovers, the cat…

A’Siubhal an Rathaid / Traivelin the Road - by Rody Gorman

{ Poem }

Bidh mi siubhal an rathaid
/ Ah traivel the road by caur
/ Nam charbad san uisge mhìn
/ In the daggy smirr
/ Agus tusa togail ceann…

Driven Home - by James McGonigal

{ Poem }

I am the angel charged to take you home.
/ I have nothing to look forward to. You have.
/
/ You think you nodded…

Erasing the Tape - by Gerrie Fellows

{ Poem }

Aviemore: she thinks she knows the place keeps
/ driving past the car park pizza joint brute hotel
/ keeps driving past her own…

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