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Poetry By Heart Scotland post-1914

Poems listed under this tag are permitted for performance in the post-1914 category of the Poetry By Heart Scotland competition.

Poetry Forum - by Helena Nelson

{ Poem }

What is poetry for? (Maitreyabhandu)
/
/ It’s for weddings
/ and funerals
/ and reading on the train
/ and for taking a person out of herself
/ and bringing…

Eight Tips for New Poets - by Helena Nelson

{ Poem }

1. Read modern, current verse
/ Byron, Blake, Burns in the bin.
/ Ancients out, Armitage in.
/
/ 2.Subscribe to two or three good quality…

The Tradition - by Kathleen Jamie

{ Poem }

For years I wandered hill and moor /
Half looking for the road /
Winding into fairyland.

An Tiona - by Pàdraig MacAoidh
Peter Mackay

{ Poem }

Nuair a bha mi sa bhun-sgoil
/ fhuair mi tiona sleamhainn tana
/ far an cuirinn m’ fhaclan
/ sgrìobhte air sgoltaidhean pàipeir.
/
/ Chan eil cuimhne agam…

What Is It Like To Be A Herring Gull? - by Samuel Tongue

{ Poem }

After Thomas Nagel*
/
/ Circling the heavy church at the end of the street,
/ they see a cliff-stack above a grey Atlantic,
/
/ an inherited…

What Not to Write on the Back Jacket of Your Debut Collection - by Helena Nelson

{ Poem }

This book is not bad.
/ A number of these poems feature the poet’s dog: George.
/ The author’s mother recommends this book.
/ Boris Johnson…

The Conversion of Sheep - by Hugh McMillan

{ Poem }

When St Fillian first came upon the sheep
/ they stood with their Sumerian heads
/ and stared him out…

This Is It - by William Letford

{ Poem }

Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
/ fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
/ it’s November. Christmas is close. Av been
/ away bit…

Physics for the unwary student - by Pippa Goldschmidt

{ Poem }

Imagine that you are trying to balance on the surface of an expanding balloon.

The Narcissist & the Light Stasher - by Jenni Fagan

{ Poem }

They did not like
/ sunlight on your skin,
/
/ ordered you sit in the shade,
/ said: you are repellent
/
/ vile, they…

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - by W.B. Yeats

{ Poem }

I know that I shall meet my fate
/ Somewhere among the clouds above;
/ Those that I…

The Wild Swans at Coole - by W.B. Yeats

{ Poem }

The trees are in their autumn beauty,
/ The woodland paths are dry,
/ Under the October twilight the water …

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