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holidays

In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport - by Emma Lazarus

{ Poem }

Here, where the noises of the busy town, / The ocean’s plunge and roar can enter not, / We stand…

Andra on November 30th - by Stuart A. Paterson

{ Poem }

Saint Andra o the Blessed Beuk, / as Scottish as a Heelan Duke.

A Month on the Mile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…

Embro to the Ploy - by Robert Garioch

{ Poem }

The auld Assembly-rooms, whaur Scott
foregethert wi his fiers,
nou see a gey kenspeckle lot
ablow the chandeliers.

from Henry IV, Part One - by William Shakespeare

{ Poem }

If all the year were playing holidays, / To sport would be as tedious as to work.

Gap Year - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

Gap Year
/ (for Mateo)
/
/ I
/ I remember your Moses basket before you were born.
/ I’d stare at the fleecy white sheet for days, weeks,
/ willing…

Favourite Place - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

We would be snaking up Loch Lomond, the
/ road narrow and winding after the turn at Tarbert,
/ and we’d be bending branches…

Two Tokyos - by Shuntarō Tanikawa

{ Poem }

Withdrawing all his postal savings
/ and putting on his only suit,
/ he packed a bag with old newspapers
/ and went to a hotel…

Skeleton Staff - by Dilys Rose

{ Poem }

Spring Bank Holiday. The first hot day of the year.
/ As the others, in shorts, slob around beer gardens
/ or…

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