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metamorphosis

The Masque of Anarchy - by Percy Bysshe Shelley

{ Poem }

As I lay asleep in Italy
There came a voice from over the Sea
And with great power it forth led me
To walk in the visions of Poesy.

The Second Coming - by William Butler Yeats

{ Poem }

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

Echo: Dropt Sapphics - by Heather H. Yeung

{ Poem }

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becoming still - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

becoming still still becoming

The Prows o’ Reekie - by Lewis Spence

{ Poem }

O wad this braw hie-heapit toun Sail aff like an enchanted ship, Drift owre the warld’s seas up and doun, And kiss wi’ Venice lip to lip, Or anchor into Naples’ Bay A misty island far astray Or set her rock to Athens’ wa’, Pillar to pillar, stane to stane, The cruikit spell o’ her […]

The Porcelain Cliff - by Jen Hadfield

{ Poem }

Dust is curious. / Dust is thirsty.

The Plinky-Boat - by Jen Hadfield

{ Poem }

Something near to true
night-darkness. The children
are playing the Plinky-Boat –
a xylophone made
from a reclaimed yoal

Margaret’s Moon - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

After she died, I swear the sky
/ Had the most beautiful of all sunsets,
/ A blush of pink, then red, a glass…

The Fourth Craw - by Nalini Paul

{ Poem }

‘wasnae there at a’
/
/ Too much is said about night –
/ its fullness jug-heavy with distance
/ poured out into star-mapped flight.
/
/ But in…

Charades with Freya (7) - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

Animals are easy. I can do penguin waddle,
/ hoppy frog, snappy croc. And Actions – all
/ those ings – dancing,…

The Light Streams In - by Tomas Tranströmer

{ Poem }

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

Medallist - by A.C. Clarke

{ Poem }

Triple goddess, three heroines in one / Rippling through water fluent as a selkie, / In your wake star-bubbles glitter…

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