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Hölderlin’s shopping bag - by Thomas A. Clark

{ Poem }

Poetry object

The Dalry Road Piano Showrooms - by Sarah Stewart

{ Poem }

All that night / it rained, and I traced my mistakes / up and down his spine.

from Lochaline Stores - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

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 Eddie Gibbons

{ Poem }

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 Tessa Ransford

{ Poem }

All over the fish / and the knife that continues to work / and the marble slab / and her…

Autumn - by Kathleen Jamie

{ Poem }

O whence the leaves
scuttering down Easter Road,
sycamore and rowan
desperate as refugees

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, /…

Street Market - by Jean Guthrie-Smith

{ Poem }

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 Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

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 Archibald McKay

{ Poem }

O! nane, I trew, on a’ the yirth
/ Was happier than me,
/ When in my wee…

im delikatessenladen - by Ernst Jandl

{ Poem }

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 Gabrielle DiLorenzo

{ Poem }

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…

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