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intelligence - by Thomas A. Clark

{ Poem }

Candle

midwinter - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

a thread of light

Hoy Sound - by Heather H. Yeung

{ Poem }

Artist’s publication

Hoy Sound - by Heather H. Yeung

{ Poem }

Scroll

W*nd - by Zaffar Kunial

{ Poem }

Weather from elsewhere / becomes ours.

The Release - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

The scaffolding has gone. The sky is there! hard cold high clear and blue.
/ Clanking poles and thudding planks were the…

The Scottish Poetry Library - by Aonghas MacNeacail

{ Poem }

so much light here –
sun’s rhythm in each wall…
flow of thoughts on the shelves,
radiant lamp of the books

In the Dark - by Robin Fulton Macpherson

{ Poem }

God said: Let the dark be dark.
/ Let the stars shine properly.
/ And let darkness with no stars
/ heal the damage caused by…

Pstryk - by Julian Tuwim

{ Poem }

Sterczy w ścianie taki pstryczek,
/ Mały pstryczek-elektryczek,
/ Jak tym pstryczkiem zrobić pstryk,
/ To się widno robi w mig.
/
/ Bardzo łatwo:
/ Pstryk – i światło!
/ Pstryknąć potem…

The Light Streams In - by Tomas Tranströmer

{ Poem }

Outside the window is spring’s long animal, / the diaphanous dragon of sunshine / flowing past.

tender - by Sarah Broom

{ Poem }

when I look around me
/ the world is very bright
/
/ it is so light and shiny
/ that my long bones shiver
/
/ I am not…

In Breton - by Ian Stephen

{ Poem }

In Breton, they say
/ there’s a word that weaves between
/ green and blue, allowing for
/ haze, precipitation,
/ the burr of distance,
/ the welcome…

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