It Was Easier - by
Now over the map that took ten million years
/ Of rain and sun to crust like boiler-slag,
/ The lines of fighting men…
maps
Embro: Southside Ditties - by
Tune: Ti, ti, ti, ta (wi’ apologies tae Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony)
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/ I
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/ Duddingston Loch
/ Skate ower…
The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion - by
an extract
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/ i. in which the cartographer explains himself
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/ You might say
/ my job is not
/ to lose myself exactly
/ but to…
Punctuation Marks - by
Where sea and land meet, begin there.
/ The ampersand, the join, is a fault
/ which caused jagged peaks to rise –
/ from…
ΟΔΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ - by
Βλέποντας τον οδικό χάρτη
/ Λευκωσίας και προαστίων
/ η οδός Fuat Paşa τελειώνει στην Δίωνος και Ιασίου
/ η Defne Yüksel στην Λάμπρου…
Nowhere - by
By the side of the road
/ You unfold your flat earth
/ And consult it for directions.
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/ Little round towns are threaded
/ Yellow on…