The way you aced out of the packwas spectacular. The party riffledand there you were, art industry people fanned outeach side of you, and I,who have no time for games, turned aside and picked one,any one, from the half-fullwarm white wines, while you did nothing but the way you did itwas something. I reached outand […]
Ma tha sinne mallsa ghabhaila th’ againn ribhna caithibh cusnar clàir. ’S math dh’fhaodt’ nach eil sinna’ tuigsinnciamar gun luaidh air carsontha dol agaibhair rud no dhàno trìno ceithir ionnsachadh.
Chunnaic mi solas an uinneag an taigheoidhche gheamhraidh aiteamhailsteach bailefar am buininnlà no dhà o cheana. O uinneag chòirthoir dhomh an sealladhneach deach an aireleth-choigrich,O uinneag chòir, innis a’ bhreug. O uinneag chòir, innis a’ bhreug’s an latha bhuainnàs amhairc dhuinnan fhìrinn bhuam’s gun mi teann co-dhìu dhan fheallaidheachd. Nan seasainn tricchan fhaicinn sìon’s e […]
And from above
One curse be hurled
With scorn, with love
Affront the world…
Far from the scent of the crocus
/ And the pavanne of Scottish daffodils
/ A loud crash was heard in Princes Street.
/ Safe from…
The swine hangs on,
/ The swine hangs on to power,
/ The townsfolk mutter round the tower:
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/ ‘Roast him, toast him,
/ Thin…
The words first appeared on a lamp post
/ on a dirty road between a chip shop
/ and some tired Turkish…
Our strength is our difference. / Dinny fear it. Dinny caw canny. …
Remembering an Edinburgh neighbour
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/ Descending her garden path
/ she turns, backtracks indoors
/ again, and into the front room
/ to straighten a…
Haw, Andra, whaur’s yer God noo?
Naething lik bein stark deid, is there, pal?
They say I should not wait about your street,
/ nor call upon your friends to hear of you,
/ or go to places…
My warrior comes from France to-night
/ And I, so long disconsolate,
/ Once more the well-beloved of Fate,
/ With work-scarred hands go quick to…
