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Myeloma Moths - by Karen Patricia Schofield

{ Poem }

The moths came with a soft flutter one night and burrowed intothe deepest recesses of cloth. Their offspring had their fill, gnawedthe wool and cashmere mix of a coatframed by a hanger, shaped like you. They punched out holes, some like starswhich didn’t shine, coalesced into craters.Silver dust littered the wardrobe carpet. They were driven […]

From Night Monkey, Day Monkey - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

The moon shone down on the jungle.
/ Night Monkey climbed up the tree.
/ She clambered and leapt to where Day Monkey slept,
/ And…

The Ant Swap - by Russell Jones

{ Poem }

I bend an ear to your sound, put my knees in the dirt,
/ offer my orifices to you like doorways
/ to…

Image - by Salma

{ Poem }

Stepped on in the dark,
/ the cockroach was crushed
/ to pulp. All night,
/ an army of ants have
/ scoured its flesh,
/ leaving the carcass behind…

Coorie in the Corner - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Coorie in the corner, sittin a’ alane,
/ Whan the nicht wind’s chappin
/ On the winnock-pane:
/ Coorie in the corner, dinna greet ava;
/ It’s…

Like trains of cars on tracks of plush - by Emily Dickinson

{ Poem }

Like trains of cars on tracks of plush / I hear the level bee…

The Bee - by Emily Dickinson

{ Poem }

Like trains of cars on tracks of plush / I hear the level bee…

2 Termite Skyscrapers - by Non-Scottish anonymous

{ Poem }

2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ he tries
/ to separate
/ his
/ eyes
/
/ the man
/ who
/ minds
/ 2
/ termite
/ skyscrapers
/
/ comes home
/ with
/ nothing
/ and
/ a
/ headache
/ …

Wasp and Bee, or What Now, Moralist? - by Hamish Maclaren

{ Poem }

From high endeavour
/ On his bright wings,
/ The wasp is fallen
/ To evil things.
/
/ From deep…

A’ Siubhal nam Blàth - by Derick Thomson

{ Poem }

Seillean
/ dian, dùrachdach
/ a’ siubhal nam blàth
/ mar a bhà
/ ann an Àird nam Murchan
/ o chionn dà cheud bliadhna gu leth
/ agus an dubh-Mhùideartach
/ ga dhian-amharc,
/ agus…

from and then night fell - by Non-Scottish anonymous

{ Poem }

the crickets
/
/ one by one
/ whirring out
/
/ like flakes of light
/ from heaven
/
/ flickered at the
/ trees and grass
/
/ and sat
/ and sang
/
/ and something moved
/ something changed
/
/ the…

To Judgement: An Assay - by Jane Hirshfield

{ Poem }

You change a life
/ as eating an artichoke changes the taste
/ of whatever is eaten after.
/ Yet you are not an artichoke, not…

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