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from Lochaline Stores - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

Nothing can be hidden from Lochaline Stores,
/ Supposing the Grocer’s has eyes and ears:
/ Not an addiction to scratch cards or whisky,
/ Not…

For my Grandmother Knitting - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

There is no need they say
/ but the needles still move
/ their rhythms in the working of your hands
/ as easily
/ as if your…

My Grandmother’s Houses - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

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/ She is on the second floor of a tenement.
/ From her front room window you see the cemetery.
/
/ Her bedroom is my…

The Mitchells - by Les Murray

{ Poem }

I am seeing this: two men are sitting on a pole
/ they have dug a hole for and will, after dinner,…

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