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In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport - by Emma Lazarus

{ Poem }

Here, where the noises of the busy town, / The ocean’s plunge and roar can enter not, / We stand…

The Conversion of Sheep - by Hugh McMillan

{ Poem }

When St Fillian first came upon the sheep
/ they stood with their Sumerian heads
/ and stared him out…

Late Call - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

Lord, this is pip-squeak calling.
/ Even with your infinite technology
/ I expect your line’s busy. Therefore
/ forgive me my witter, tucked…

In the Dark - by Robin Fulton Macpherson

{ Poem }

God said: Let the dark be dark.
/ Let the stars shine properly.
/ And let darkness with no stars
/ heal the damage caused by…

Psalm Eighty-Eight Blues - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

Lord, when I’m speechless
/ when something – not just sorrow
/ but under that – a dull, numb, nameless dreich
/ about the heart I…

The Cotter’s Saturday Night - by Robert Burns

{ Poem }

O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! / For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, / Long may…

Noah Sonnet - by William Oliphant

{ Poem }

Brocht up, lan’ loaked in Asia Minor, ah’d
/ Nae problem learnin hoo ti spoon ma brose
/ Avoidin voyages. Though life wis…

The Season of Youth - by William Knox

{ Poem }

(Ecclesiastes, ix. 7, 9 ; xi 9.)
/
/ Rejoice, mortal man, in the noon of thy prime!
/ Ere thy brow shall…

Whatsoever things are lovely - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

A smoor o paets: a simmer foo
/ ta hent fae timeless broos at,
/ haddin der dark fire, cuppit
/ fair Lungawater. I da sun
/ da…

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