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The Night Watch - by Niall Campbell

{ Poem }

Shhh, what did you want to show
that couldn’t wait until the morning?

Was it the moon – because I see it:
the first good bead on a one-bead string

Fantasia On A Line Of W.S. Graham - by John Burnside

{ Poem }

I still remember when I cared enough / to watch you sleep

Catching Up on Sleep - by Roger McGough

{ Poem }

i go to bed early
/ to catch up on my sleep
/ but my sleep
/ is a slippery customer
/ it bobs and…

The Peace of Wild Things - by Wendell Berry

{ Poem }

When despair for the world grows in me
/ and I wake in the night at the least sound
/ in fear of what…

Sleep - by Lina Tibi

{ Poem }

To my grandfather
/
/ Your sleep will postpone
/ the morning coffee,
/ so we’ll not be able to contemplate your blue eyes
/ As you sleep and…

My Son - by Fatoumata Sidibé

{ Poem }

The moon keeps watch
/ and the child sleeps.
/ His head emerges from the covers
/ like a flower smiling at life.
/ His breath is like…

I Leave This at Your Ear - by W. S. Graham

{ Poem }

For Nessie Dunsmuir
/
/ I leave this at your ear for when you wake,
/ A creature in its abstract cage asleep.
/ Your dreams blindfold…

Kintyre - by Naomi Mitchison

{ Poem }

I wake when the wind changes.
/ Beyond the dark Firth far,
/ Where the waves clap and the tides rustle and the herring…

A Little Nap Rap - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

A little nap rap
/ When I got home one evening
/ to my cosy living room
/ I found a squirrel at my table
/ and…

Spell - by Carol Ann Duffy

{ Poem }

A clip of thinder ever the reeftips
/ sends like a bimb going iff!
/ My hurt thimps in my chist.
/
/ It’s dirk. The…

Lullaby - by Attila József

{ Poem }

The sky has shut its eyes of blue,
/ the house has shut its many eyes,
/ the meadow sleeps with quilt up too…

Flight - by James McGonigal

{ Poem }

To wake into this night silence
/ when the wind has dropped
/ and everything is aftermath and dark
/
/ – this is the dream they…

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