Hölderlin’s shopping bag - by
Poetry object
shopping
The Dalry Road Piano Showrooms - by
All that night / it rained, and I traced my mistakes / up and down his spine.
from Lochaline Stores - by
Nothing can be hidden from Lochaline Stores,
/ Supposing the Grocer’s has eyes and ears:
/ Not an addiction to scratch cards or whisky,
/ Not…
The Shopping Forecast - by
The Shopping Forecast issued by the Dole Office
/ at 1930 on Monday 1st January.
/
/ There are warnings of Sales in Frasers,
/ Debenhams,…
In the Fishmongers - by
All over the fish / and the knife that continues to work / and the marble slab / and her…
Autumn - by
O whence the leaves / scuttering down Easter Road, / sycamore and rowan / desperate as refugees,…
A Month on the Mile - by
On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…
Street Market - by
Here, under the awning of cotton,
/ Tomatoes are heaped in a flare
/ Of glossy red beauty, and rotten
/ Sick-sweet smells of fruit fill…
The Bargain - by
The river in January is fast and high.
/ You and I
/ are off to the Barrows.
/ Gathering police-horses twitch and fret
/ at the Tron…
My First Bawbee - by
O! nane, I trew, on a’ the yirth
/ Was happier than me,
/ When in my wee…
im delikatessenladen - by
bitte geben sie mir eine maiwiesenkonserve etwas höher gelegen aber nicht zu
/ abschüssig so, daß man darauf noch sitzen kann.
/
/ nun,…
Woman Selling Fruit - by
Her wares
/ adorn the front
/ of a mustard-yellow building
/ She scolds her grandson
/ and arranges mangos, bananas, ginger root
/ and grapes
/ in glorious disorder
/ She is tiny,
/ well-shaped,
/ piquant
/ as…