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Suddenly - by Georgi Gill

{ Poem }

I don’t quite know what to say, / what I should say. / I wish I’d told you / all…

Saying goodbye to my daughter at night - by Patricia Ace

{ Poem }

The sound down low, the impossible blue
/ of the Water Cube in Beijing filling the screen.
/
/ A young diver stands on the…

Divorce - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

I did not promise
/ to stay with you till death do us part, or
/ anything like that,
/ so part I must, and…

Gap Year - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

Gap Year
/ (for Mateo)
/
/ I
/ I remember your Moses basket before you were born.
/ I’d stare at the fleecy white sheet for days, weeks,
/ willing…

George Square - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

My seventy-seven-year-old father
/ put his reading glasses on
/ to help my mother do the buttons
/ on the back of her dress.
/ ‘What a pair…

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