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Sonnet - by Veronica Forrest-Thomson

{ Poem }

My love, if I write a song for youTo that extent you are goneFor, as everyone says, and I know it’s true:We are all always alone. Never so separate trying to be twoAnd the busy old fool is right.To try and finger myself from youDistinguishes day from night. If I say “I love you” we […]

Sounds of the Day - by Norman MacCaig

{ Poem }

When a clatter came,
/ it was horses crossing the ford.
/ When the air creaked, it was
/ a lapwing seeing us off the premises
/ of…

‘I so liked Spring…’ - by Charlotte Mew

{ Poem }

I so liked Spring last year
Because you were here; –
The thrushes too –
Because it was these you so liked to hear –
I so liked you.

Thaim That Socht Eftir Me - by Ian McFadyen

{ Poem }

Thaim that socht eftir me noo flee awa,
/ Thaim that cam creepin barfit i the snaw.
/ Ah kent them gentil, meek an…

I Mind On Ye But Little Ava - by Alastair Mackie

{ Poem }

I mind on ye but little ava
/ and I’m no that tane wi your fate,
/ but slicht tho the tryst was atween…

Castletown, Isle of Man - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

How strange the way old lovers move into the present,
/ tense, and catch you off guard; you tell me
/ when you were…

When You are Old - by W.B. Yeats

{ Poem }

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
/ And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
/ And slowly read,…

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