The Turquoise Slipper - by
News film
of a covid ward
lodged in my head
news
Èistibh - by
Feuch an tigeadh guth
tron t-sàmhchair.
Here’s the Weather - by
Fae stooshie tae fankle tae bouroch tae dreck / we’re steeped in the downpour of dialect.
/ …
Haiku - by
obituaries
/
/ for people younger than you
/
/ in the daily news
/ …
from Lochaline Stores - by
Nothing can be hidden from Lochaline Stores,
/ Supposing the Grocer’s has eyes and ears:
/ Not an addiction to scratch cards or whisky,
/ Not…
The Messengers - by
Arriving late sometimes and never
/ Quite expected, still they come,
/ Bringing a folded meaning home
/ Between the lines, inside the letter.
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/ As a scarecrow…
War Photographer - by
In his dark room he is finally alone
/ with spools of suffering set out in ordered rows.
/ The only light is red…
My Apologies - by
My apologies, my honoured guests,
/ The newsreader lied in his last bulletin:
/ There is no sea in Baghdad
/ Nor pearls
/ Not even an island,
/ And…