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National Poetry Day 2010

Westering Home - by Hugh S. Roberton

{ Poem }

Chorus
/ Westering home, and a song in the air,
/ Light in the eye and it’s goodbye to care.
/ Laughter o’ love,…

Building Vocabulary - by Christine Laennec

{ Poem }

Cianalas:
/ Who would have thought
/ I’d have to come
/ so far from home
/ to find a word that perfectly captures
/ the…

Assynt and Edinburgh - by Norman MacCaig

{ Poem }

From the corner of Scotland I know so well
/ I see Edinburgh sprawling like seven cats
/ on its seven hills beside…

The Finished House - by George Mackay Brown

{ Poem }

In the finished house a flame is brought to the hearth.
/ Then a table, between door and window
/ Where a…

The Home Keeps the Whole Together - by Carys Newman

{ Poem }

The banister begs for biddable bodies.
/ The pantry pleads for plentiful provisions.
/ The cooker cries out for creative cuisine.
/ The…

In the Liquorice House - by Iain Crichton Smith

{ Poem }

In the liquorice house
/ there is a liquorice clock
/ which beats out liquorice time.
/
/ In the liquorice house
/ there are liquorice…

Safe Sounds - by Carol Ann Duffy

{ Poem }

You like safe sounds:
/ the dogs lapping at their bowls;
/ the pop of a cork on a bottle of plonk…

Little Sea House - by Hamish Maclaren

{ Poem }

Little sea house,
/ when I found you,
/ the yellow poppies
/ …

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