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Stobhill - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

Yes, I agreed to perform the abortion.
The girl was under unusual strain.

Aince Upon a Day - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Aince upon a day my mither said to me:
Dinna cleip and dinna rype
And dinna tell a lee.

from ‘a better tale to tell’ - by Alec Finlay

{ Poem }

politicians must become / better messengers / with a better tale / to tell…

Wasp and Bee, or What Now, Moralist? - by Hamish Maclaren

{ Poem }

From high endeavour
/ On his bright wings,
/ The wasp is fallen
/ To evil things.
/
/ From deep…

Father and the Silver Salver - by George Bruce

{ Poem }

As was his custom at
/ approx. 9a.m. he returned
/ from the yard for coffee,
/
/ would plant his cap on the
/ silver salver on the…

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…

Corpus Vile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

Some museums of antiquities store row on row of
/ unnamed skulls. There is a day of reckoning now
/ a plea to…

James Young Simpson: If It Is Our Mission … - by Gael Turnbull

{ Poem }

‘If it is our mission
/ to alleviate suffering
/ as well as to preserve life
/ there should be no conscientious restraint
/
/ and if God has…

bho Cheum air Cheum - by Crìsdean MacIlleBhàin
Christopher Whyte

{ Poem }

III
/
/ С фонарем обшaрьте
/ весь подлунный свет!
/ Той страны нa карте –
/ нет, в пространстве – нет.
/
/ Marina Tsvetaeva
/
/ Dh’fhàg thu Glaschu airson Cambridge, Cambridge
/ airson an…

The Garmont of Gud Ladeis - by Robert Henryson

{ Poem }

Wald my gud lady lufe me best
/ And wirk eftir my will,
/ I suld ane garmond gudliest
/ Gar mak hir body till.
/
/ Of he…

‘Quhy will ye, merchantis of renoun’ - by William Dunbar

{ Poem }

Quhy will ye, merchantis of renoun,
/ Lat Edinburgh, your nobill toun,
/ For laik of reformatioun
/ The commone proffeitt tyine, and…

Lucy Ashton’s Song - by Sir Walter Scott

{ Poem }

Look not thou on beauty’s charming,
/ Sit thou still when kings are arming,
/ Taste not when the wine-cup glistens,
/ Speak…

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