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Revelation - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

I remember once being shown the black bull
when a child at the farm for eggs and milk

Ariadne - by Eunice Buchanan

{ Poem }

The threid that reeled him in
/ has brocht me oot –
/ oot o the nairra mask
/ o thirled weys
/ tae the clear licht…

Flying Garuda over Java - by Iain Bamforth

{ Poem }

Edge out of the night
/ and contemplate one of nature’s
/ most sublime spectacles…

The Man With Three Legs - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
/ University of St Andrews
/ In the autumn of 1948 a message was received from a…

The Loch Ness Monster’s Song - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

Sssnnnwhuffffll?
/ Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
/ Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
/ Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl –
/ gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm.
/ Hovoplodok…

The Bogle - by W. D. Cocker

{ Poem }

There’s a bogle by the bour-tree at the lang loan heid,
I canna thole the thocht o’ him, he fills ma he’rt wi’ dreid;
He skirls like a hoolet, an’ he rattles a’ his banes,
An’ gi’es himsel’ an unco fash to fricht wee weans.

Jenny Wi’ the Airn Teeth - by Alexander Anderson

{ Poem }

What a plague is this o’ mine,
/ Winna steek his e’e,
/ Though I hap him ow’r the…

Jabberwocky - by Lewis Carroll

{ Poem }

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
/ Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
/ All mimsy were the borogoves,
/ And the…

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