real boy - by
they said
you’re not a real
boy until you cut
the wizard out of the tree
masculinity
Anither season - by
In memory of Alec “Spangles” Hunter (1936 – 1995)
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/ When they found Marciano’s body
/ strapped in the crashed plane seat,
/ someone said…
Learning Curves - by
Although we favoured football as a rule,
/ PE was comprehensive at our school.
/ Coached in a bit of this, a bit of…
The Volunteer - by
I took my heart from the fire of love,
/ Molten and warm not yet shaped clear,
/ And tempered…
Clan Donald’s Call to Battle At Harlaw - by
after the Gaelic of Lachlann Mor MacMhuirich (fl. 1411)
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/ You Clann of Conn, remember this:
/ Strength from the eye of the storm.
/ Be…
Getting in Touch with our Feminine Sides - by
It’s morning and it’s just the two of us
/ in the Transit crew-bus, driving out to work,
/ past dew-hung spruce, in this…