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prisoners

The Poem without a Title - by Jack Low

{ Poem }

I’ve lost a lot of things worth while my pleasure and my fun,
And the days of my captivity pass slowly one by one,
But as I sit in loneliness, each day more plain I see,
My body may be captive but my heart and mind are free.

Rastatt: III - by Archibald Allan Bowman

{ Poem }

Within these cages day by day we pace The bitter shortness of the meted span; And this and that way variously we plan Our poor excursions over the poor place, Cribbed to extinction. Yet remains one grace. For neither bars nor tented wire can ban Full many a roving glance that dares to scan The […]

The Abdication of Mary Queen of Scots - by Gerda Stevenson

{ Poem }

Tak ma croon, an dinna fash – / aa yon wis ower fur me lang syne.

German Prisoners - by Joseph Lee

{ Poem }

When first I saw you in the curious street,
/ Like some platoon of soldier ghosts in grey,
/ My mad impulse was…

Galileo’s Daughter – Suor Maria Celeste - by Frances Robson

{ Poem }

Cold stars pin down the night that breathes
/ below the frothy veil of the Milky Way.
/ My father’s gaze is fixed…

Muckle Mou’d Meg - by James Ballantine

{ Poem }

‘Oh, what hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord,
/ Strappit flaught owre his braid saddle-bow?
/ Some…

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