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Gavia Stellata - by Alexander Hutchison

{ Poem }

Who calls to the dark, / who calls to the wind on / the surface of the water?…

From the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - by Andrew Greig

{ Poem }

My only talent lay in these.
/ My father rubbed his hands together,
/ stared as though their whorls held codes
/ of thirty years obstetric…

For my Grandmother Knitting - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

There is no need they say
/ but the needles still move
/ their rhythms in the working of your hands
/ as easily
/ as if your…

The Daith-Tree - by David Purdie

{ Poem }

Jesus wis a jyner – lang lang syne,
/ In Joseph’s shap, in Nazareth,
/ The laddie ser’d his time.
/
/ He wrocht the bonny…

Bodysurf - by Paul Maddern

{ Poem }

for Erin
/
/ To understand everything about the swell—
/ how on a given day the seventh in the cycle
/ provides he greatest chance to…

Skills - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

inventing jobs
/ teaching the skills
/
/ of applying for jobs
/
/ —-
/
/ one of millions
/ training
/
/ to acquire the skills
/ to apply…

The Eye in the Hand - by Andrew Greig

{ Poem }

At the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
/
/ My only talent lay in these.
/ My father rubbed his hands together,
/ stared as though…

An Sgrìobhaiche Gàidhlig - by Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh

{ Poem }

Mar chleasaiche-sorcais ann an cartùn-TV,
/ a’ dàibhigeadh le snasmhorachd ghlan
/ bho chòmhnard bheag 60 troigh a dh’ àirde
/ a-steach dha ghlainne làn bùirn.
/
/ Ri…

from Under the Eildon Tree - by Sydney Goodsir Smith

{ Poem }

XII. Orpheus …

Teams - by Kate Clanchy

{ Poem }

I would have skipped the stupid games,
/ long afternoons spent chilled in goal,
/ or sleepy, scratching, in deep field,
/ leapt…

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