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Haunted Houses - by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

{ Poem }

All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.

Who’s In? - by Elizabeth Fleming

{ Poem }

‘The door is shut fast And everyone’s out.’ But people don’t know What they’re talking about! Say the fly on the wall, And the flame on the coals, And the dog on his rug, And the mice in their holes, And the kitten curled up, And the spiders that spin — ‘What, everyone out? Why, […]

Fantasia On A Line Of W.S. Graham - by John Burnside

{ Poem }

I still remember when I cared enough / to watch you sleep

Box Room - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

First the welcoming. Smiles all round. A space
For handshakes.

The Interior - by Alan Gillis

{ Poem }

A lifetime of work to own a house / then you end up diminished by it.

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…

Sacrifice/Ìobairt - by Maggie Rabatski

{ Poem }

And this was known as the milk room,
/ the coldest room in the cool house.
/ There, on a paint-stained table,
/ Jugs and bowls…

La Casa - by Jorge Bustamante García

{ Poem }

a mia padre
/
/ Esta es la casa. Las ventanas abiertas
/ dejan caer la luz y una frágil
/ penumbra se esconde en los rincones.
/ Suaves…

No. 115 dreams - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

The living room remembers Gran dancing to Count Basie.
/ The kitchen can still hear my aunts fighting on Christmas day.
/ The hall…

The Home Keeps the Whole Together - by Carys Newman

{ Poem }

The banister begs for biddable bodies.
/ The pantry pleads for plentiful provisions.
/ The cooker cries out for creative cuisine.
/ The…

Kom til Jorda - by Rune Christiansen

{ Poem }

For et par år sida ramla en duggdråpe ut av et av
/ kronbladene i liljetapeten i det avstengte rommet i…

Būt suņa Dzīvoklim - by Andres Ehin

{ Poem }

būt suņa dzīvoklim ar trim rejošām istabām
/ ar sprauslājošu vannas istabu
/ kur pil aukstu slienu
/ un karstu siekalu krāni
/
/ suņa dzīvoklis ar grīdām
/ kas kauc…

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