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riddles

CSI - by Lindsay Macgregor

{ Poem }

A dyke like her who’s been around the block
/ a bit has heard it all before. Volcano, somewhere
/ near the Tropics, unexpectedly…

A Month on the Mile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…

Riddle-me-ree - by Joseph Macleod

{ Poem }

I was afraid and they gave me guts.
/ I was alone and they made me love.
/ Round that wild heat they built…

Taboo - by Jen Hadfield

{ Poem }

You want to look on the lea-side
/ in winter, the swamp thickening
/ like the uterine wall,
/ popping its puffballs
/ and creaming its butterwort,
/ folding in…

A riddle - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Whaur the fit has never been
/ It’s there ye aye gang wi’ it:
/ Whaur the e’e has never seen
/ It’s there ye aye…

Five fish - by Ian Stephen

{ Poem }

1
/ This one seeme d to be happy on gravel.
/ Sipping flies down to
/ her very own stones.
/
/ One day she fell with the…

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