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national poetry day 2015

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…

The Blue Boat - by Kathleen Jamie

{ Poem }

How late the daylight edges
/ toward the northern night
/ as though journeying
/ in a blue boat, gilded in mussel shell
/
/ with, slung from its…

Light - by Margaret Tait

{ Poem }

Did you say it’s made of waves?
/ Yes, that’s it.
/ I wonder what the waves are made of.
/ Oh, waves are made of…

The Dark - by Carol Ann Duffy

{ Poem }

If you think of the dark
/ as a black park
/ and the moon as a bounced ball,
/ then there’s nothing to be frightened…

Pstryk - by Julian Tuwim

{ Poem }

Sterczy w ścianie taki pstryczek,
/ Mały pstryczek-elektryczek,
/ Jak tym pstryczkiem zrobić pstryk,
/ To się widno robi w mig.
/
/ Bardzo łatwo:
/ Pstryk – i światło!
/ Pstryknąć potem…

From Night Monkey, Day Monkey - by Julia Donaldson

{ Poem }

The moon shone down on the jungle.
/ Night Monkey climbed up the tree.
/ She clambered and leapt to where Day Monkey slept,
/ And…

Dòchas - by Maoilios Caimbeul
Myles Campbell

{ Poem }

Dòchas –
/ rionnag anns na speuran.
/
/ Dùil –
/ rocaid agus rionnag anns na speuran.
/
/ Creideamh –
/ adhar làn rionnagan.
/
/ Cinnt –
/ grian a’…

My Shadow - by Robert Louis Stevenson

{ Poem }

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
/ And what can be the use of him is…

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