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Clan Donald’s Call to Battle At Harlaw - by Robert Crawford

{ Poem }

after the Gaelic of Lachlann Mor MacMhuirich (fl. 1411)
/
/ You Clann of Conn, remember this:
/ Strength from the eye of the storm.
/ Be…

The Computer’s First Christmas Card - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry

The Ash Grove - by Ken Cockburn

{ Poem }

a springtime ash, whose leaves emerge from black
/ an unlocked ash, so profligate with keys…

What Is the Pond Doing? - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

(for Ruairidh, who asked)
/
/ Wobbling like a wobbly jelly
/ Being a bucket for the rain
/ Sending flash-backs to the sun
/ Cheeking the sky
/ Giving the…

Worker - by William Letford

{ Poem }

sweat the felt screed the cement
/ pack the joist level the cleat
/ eat the piece hammer the nail
/ …

Cattle-count - by Non-Scottish anonymous

{ Poem }

1, the rust-red one, hide-gleaming:
/ 2, the blackandwhite one,
/ like a pied crow:
/ 3, the zebra-hide, long belly-knotted:
/ 4, the…

The country I come from - by Tom Bryan

{ Poem }

had brindled garter snakes
/ freight train steam
/ dimes flattened on railway tracks
/ a rusting 1936 Studebaker Sedan for a playground
/ three dappled Indian ponies…

The Travel Guide to the Country of Your Birth - by Kapka Kassabova

{ Poem }

which
/
/ has over 300 natural lakes
/
/ is one of the oldest countries in Europe
/
/ has something for everyone, in every season
/
/ occupies the north-east…

flere og flere danskere - by Morten Søndergaard

{ Poem }

flere og flere danskere kommer i arbejde
/ flere og flere danskere bliver millionærer
/ flere og flere danskere får børn med dannebrogsformede modermærker
/ flere…

Mortality - by William Knox

{ Poem }

O why should the spirit of mortal be proud!
/ Like a fast flitting meteor, a fast flying cloud,
/ A flash of the…

Foundation - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

‘What would you put in the foundation stone
/ for future generations?’ ‘A horseshoe,
/ a ballet shoe, a horseshoe crab, a sea-horse,
/ a sheriff’s…

The Check-Oot Quine’s Lament - by Sheena Blackhall

{ Poem }

Tatties, neeps, and ingan,
/ Poother for the wash,
/ Wullie’s needin new sheen,
/ Grip, skyte, flash.
/
/ Sweeties, ale, some flooer,
/ A…

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