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Eye Chart - by Nuala Watt

{ Poem }

I still believe my eyes
can hold a solar system, catch all the lights,
deliver to the doctor alphabets
as small as atoms.

becoming still - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

becoming still still becoming

pausing here - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

pausing here to read this reading this to pause here

slow - by Julie Johnstone

{ Poem }

          slow           down           long           enough           to           read           these           words

Heart - by Stuart A. Paterson

{ Poem }

Home is where the heart is / or home is where the art is…

It’s been - by Gael Turnbull

{ Poem }

It’s been a long time
all the time we’ve spent
and we’ve had such times

The Storm - by Irfan Merchant

{ Poem }

This might be the calm before the storm / or this might be the storm; / some are sunbathing on…

Archives - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

generation upon
generation upon
g neration up n
g nerat on up n
g nerat n up n

The Computer’s First Christmas Card - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

jollymerry
hollyberry
jollyberry

Fireworks aff the Castle - by Matthew Fitt

{ Poem }

Fireworks aff the Castle
/ Goin WHEECH, WHEECH, WHEECH
/ Bairns in the library
/ Gettin WHEESHT, WHEESHT, WHEESHT
/
/ Cans o Irn Bru
/ Goin…

Careful! - by Non-Scottish anonymous

{ Poem }

pull
/ a
/ rope
/ and
/ the
/ rope
/ pulls
/ in
/ the
/ forest
/ and
/ with
/ the
/ forest
/ leopards
/ come
/ to
/ town.
/ …

Nine One Word Poems - by Edwin Morgan

{ Poem }

A Far Cool Beautiful Thing, Vanishing
/ blue
/
/
/ The Dear Green Plaice
/ Glasgow
/
/
/ Homage to Zukofsky
/ …

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