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A Month on the Mile - by Christine De Luca

{ Poem }

On day 1, explore Edinburgh Castle sitting proud: / find the modest crown of a far from quiet country, /…

Embro to the Ploy - by Robert Garioch

{ Poem }

The auld Assembly-rooms, whaur Scott
foregethert wi his fiers,
nou see a gey kenspeckle lot
ablow the chandeliers.

Connecting Cultures - by Liz Lochhead

{ Poem }

Such words can sound like flagged-up slogans, true. / What we merely say says nothing — / All that matters…

Assisi - by Norman MacCaig

{ Poem }

The dwarf with his hands on backwards
/ sat, slumped like a half-filled sack
/ on tiny twisted legs from which
/ sawdust might run,
/ outside the…

Flying Garuda over Java - by Iain Bamforth

{ Poem }

Edge out of the night
/ and contemplate one of nature’s
/ most sublime spectacles…

Two Tokyos - by Shuntarō Tanikawa

{ Poem }

Withdrawing all his postal savings
/ and putting on his only suit,
/ he packed a bag with old newspapers
/ and went to a hotel…

The Tenant - by Hilton Brown

{ Poem }

The Tenant’s gane, the Lodge is shut;
/ Nae mair, until the Twalth return,
/ We’ll see him threshin’ at the burn
/ Or sittin’ shiverin’…

The Voyage - by James Robertson

{ Poem }

And if or when the people’s surge subsides
/ to tourist trickles from this present spate,
/ do not relax or quietly desiccate,
/ do not…

Retreat - by Andrew Forster

{ Poem }

Once a month they escape the world of tube-trains,
/ deadlines, traffic jams, to slip on country selves
/ with their woollen shirts and…

Ealghol: Dà Shealladh - by Meg Bateman

{ Poem }

Choimhead mi an t-seann chairt-phuist,
/ na taighean mar fhàs às an talamh,
/ na h-aonaichean nam baidealan os an cionn,
/ nan comharra air mòrachd…

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