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In the Dark - by Robin Fulton Macpherson

{ Poem }

God said: Let the dark be dark.
/ Let the stars shine properly.
/ And let darkness with no stars
/ heal the damage caused by…

Travelling South, Scotland, August 2012 - by John Burnside

{ Poem }

‘Necessity is not the mother of invention; play is.’
/ Ian D. Suttie
/
/ It gets late early out here
/ in the lacklustre places,
/ wind in…

My Grandmother’s Houses - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

1
/ She is on the second floor of a tenement.
/ From her front room window you see the cemetery.
/
/ Her bedroom is my…

Regulators - by John Enright

{ Poem }

When you’ve lived a while within the sound
/ of surf and mosquitos and swirls of children
/
/ between blindingly green ridges of jungle
/ emitting…

حداثيون في الصحراء - by Soad Al Kuwari

{ Poem }

/ نتحدث عن أشياء كثيرة لا نفهمها
/ حداثيون في الصحراء
/ النكتة الأخيرة في عالم يضج بالنكت السخيفة
/ متهمون بهذا الفضاء كفراشات…

Caracas - by Eugenio Montejo

{ Poem }

The buildings are so high
/ nothing can be seen now of my childhood.
/ I’ve lost my patio with its lazy clouds
/ where the…

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…

Eilean Fraoich - by Iain Crichton Smith

{ Poem }

“Eilean fraoich, Eilean fraoich,”
/ ann an solus uaine
/ eadar d à bh ù th
/ air Sauchiehall St. …

Skills - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

inventing jobs
/ teaching the skills
/
/ of applying for jobs
/
/ —-
/
/ one of millions
/ training
/
/ to acquire the skills
/ to apply…

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