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It Was Easier - by Ruthven Todd

{ Poem }

Now over the map that took ten million years
/ Of rain and sun to crust like boiler-slag,
/ The lines of fighting men…

Embro: Southside Ditties - by Gordon Jarvie

{ Poem }

Tune: Ti, ti, ti, ta (wi’ apologies tae Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony)
/
/ I
/
/ Duddingston Loch
/ Skate ower…

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion - by Kei Miller

{ Poem }

an extract
/
/ i. in which the cartographer explains himself
/
/ You might say
/ my job is not
/ to lose myself exactly
/ but to…

Punctuation Marks - by Philip Nanton

{ Poem }

Where sea and land meet, begin there.
/ The ampersand, the join, is a fault
/ which caused jagged peaks to rise –
/ from…

ΟΔΙΚΟΣ ΧΑΡΤΗΣ - by Niki Marangou

{ Poem }

Βλέποντας τον οδικό χάρτη
/ Λευκωσίας και προαστίων
/ η οδός Fuat Paşa τελειώνει στην Δίωνος και Ιασίου
/ η Defne Yüksel στην Λάμπρου…

Nowhere - by Adrian Croucher

{ Poem }

By the side of the road
/ You unfold your flat earth
/ And consult it for directions.
/
/ Little round towns are threaded
/ Yellow on…

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