Vesper - by
In each bottle of nail polish a ghost / sets all the prayers in the house to glint.
prayers
Give Us Peace - by
The earth has found peace
/ as the autumn harvest ripens
/ and the corn is cut.
/ It will sleep in peace
/ when the snow of…
Incantation - by
Beginning with a couplet from Carmina Gadelica
/ and with grace notes from the same source.
/
/ I have a charm for the bruising
/ a…
Gearraidh na Mònadh á Smeircleit - by
Taigh Fhionnlaigh,
/ taigh a’ Bhadlaich,
/ taigh Aonghais a’ Cheanadaich,
/ taigh Aonghais ’ac Dhòmhnaill,
/ taigh Alastiar Ruaidh,
/ taigh Dhomhachainn,
/ taigh an Ruaidh,
/ taigh Dhòmhnaill Eachainn,
/ taigh Sheumais Shlàdair,
/ taigh…
A Westray Prayer - by
i.m. Mike and Barbara Heasman
/
/ Let us now give thanks
/ for these salt-blown
/
/ wind-burned pastures
/ where outgrass and timothy
/ shrink from the harrow of the…