Burst - by
Re-examinin lives / Numbin fae reality
afore the urge tae stap up / arrives in a day or sae
holidays
In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport - by
Here, where the noises of the busy town, / The ocean’s plunge and roar can enter not, / We stand…
Andra on November 30th - by
Saint Andra o the Blessed Beuk, / as Scottish as a Heelan Duke.
A Month on the Mile - by
On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…
Embro to the Ploy - by
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
If all the year were playing holidays, / To sport would be as tedious as to work.
Gap Year - by
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
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
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
Spring Bank Holiday. The first hot day of the year.
/ As the others, in shorts, slob around beer gardens
/ or…