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the subliminal

Between the Dee and the Don - by Jackie Kay

{ Poem }

I was conceived between the Dee and the Don. / I was born in the city of crag and stone.

Yesterday in Laggan - by Gordon Jarvie

{ Poem }

It was such a day
/ of sunshine wall to wall,
/ of heat haze and the year’s first frogs,
/ of blue hills stretching…

Blessing - by Angus Dunn

{ Poem }

There is a god who tends / the empty corners of public places / the spaces where no one goes…

The Stare’s Nest by My Window - by William Butler Yeats

{ Poem }

The bees build in the crevices
/ Of loosening masonry, and there
/ The mother birds bring grubs and flies.
/ My wall is loosening;…

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion - by Kei Miller

{ Poem }

an extract
/
/ i. in which the cartographer explains himself
/
/ You might say
/ my job is not
/ to lose myself exactly
/ but to…

Shetland - by Helen Mort

{ Poem }

Our silences become the better part of us.

L’Infinito - by Giacomo Leopardi

{ Poem }

Sempre caro mi fu quest’ermo colle,
/ e questa siepe, che da tanta parte
/ dell’ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclude.
/ Ma sedendo…

Poem Without Ends - by Alastair Reid

{ Poem }

One cannot take the beginning out of the air
/ saying ‘It is the time: the hour is here’.
/ The process is continuous…

The Messengers - by Muriel Spark

{ Poem }

Arriving late sometimes and never
/ Quite expected, still they come,
/ Bringing a folded meaning home
/ Between the lines, inside the letter.
/
/ As a scarecrow…

Alphabet - by Miroslav Holub

{ Poem }

Ten million years
/ from the Miocene
/ to the primary school in Ječná Street.
/
/ We know everything
/ from a to z.
/
/ But sometimes the finger stops
/ in…

from Minitopography of Santa Isabel - by Marcelo Ensema Nsang

{ Poem }

Plaza de Espaňa
/
/ The tired afternoon falls
/ on a rhythm of palm trees
/ clad in spring
/ human, a scattered voice.
/ Above, the moon rounds
/ its silver…

from Houses and People - by Angkarn Chantatip

{ Poem }

Each spot each spot kindles an image…
/ the seashore the plain the top of a…

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