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seasons

midwinter - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

a thread of light

Almorness - by Stuart A. Paterson

{ Poem }

The tide is sidling up to Almorness, / unmet by those returned now north & west / away from here.

Open the Door - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Open the door for the auld year
/ It is the pairtin-time:
/ Open the door for the new year
/ And lat the bairn win…

Winter’s Awa - by William Soutar

{ Poem }

Noo the snaw creeps fae the braes
And is gaen:
Noo the trees clap on their claes
Ane be ane

The Ash Grove - by Ken Cockburn

{ Poem }

a springtime ash, whose leaves emerge from black
/ an unlocked ash, so profligate with keys…

Non Semper Imbres - by J. Logie Robertson

{ Poem }

Thus Nature sorrows, and forgets her sorrow ;
And Reason soberly approves her way :
Why should we shut oor een against to-morrow
Because our sky was clouded yesterday ?

R. S. Thomas - by Gösta Ågren

{ Poem }

Förgäves ser han upp
/ mot den dödstysta hunger,
/ som kallas rymden; tål-
/ modigt betraktar han
/ vårens knoppar: de öppnas,
/ plötsliga skrik, som stelnar
/ till blomma. Det…

Dream Calendar - by Raymond Friel

{ Poem }

/ Red neon burns
/ on brickwork: Tyres & Exhausts.
/
/ As if we didn’t know.
/
/ The hunt’s livener
/ outside the Tontine.
/
/ A trail of port in the…

Shangtu - by Lesley Harrison

{ Poem }

From The Journals of Marco Polo, I. 61
/
/ At Shangtu he keeps a stud :
/ ten thousand mares and geldings, all white…

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