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What is poetry for? (Maitreyabhandu)
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/ It’s for weddings
/ and funerals
/ and reading on the train
/ and for taking a person out of herself
/ and bringing…
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.
Eight Tips for New Poets - by
1. Read modern, current verse
/ Byron, Blake, Burns in the bin.
/ Ancients out, Armitage in.
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/ 2.Subscribe to two or three good quality…
The Tradition - by
For years I wandered hill and moor /
Half looking for the road /
Winding into fairyland.
An Tiona - by
Nuair a bha mi sa bhun-sgoil
/ fhuair mi tiona sleamhainn tana
/ far an cuirinn m’ fhaclan
/ sgrìobhte air sgoltaidhean pàipeir.
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/ Chan eil cuimhne agam…
What Is It Like To Be A Herring Gull? - by
After Thomas Nagel*
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/ Circling the heavy church at the end of the street,
/ they see a cliff-stack above a grey Atlantic,
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/ an inherited…
What Not to Write on the Back Jacket of Your Debut Collection - by
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
When St Fillian first came upon the sheep
/ they stood with their Sumerian heads
/ and stared him out…
This Is It - by
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
Imagine that you are trying to balance on the surface of an expanding balloon.
The Narcissist & the Light Stasher - by
They did not like
/ sunlight on your skin,
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/ ordered you sit in the shade,
/ said: you are repellent
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/ vile, they…
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death - by
I know that I shall meet my fate
/ Somewhere among the clouds above;
/ Those that I…
The Wild Swans at Coole - by
The trees are in their autumn beauty,
/ The woodland paths are dry,
/ Under the October twilight the water …