Image by Rosie Hopkins, Poetry by John Keats
‘The poetry of the earth is never dead’
The Battle of Largs #OnThisDay
On the 2nd of October 1263 the Battle of Largs took place which was to be a turning point in the history of Scotland.
‘In that enchanted place’
“we sat under an old tree”
Binscarth Woods in July
“when the light shifts” – Thomas A. Clark
Highways and Byways
“But aye it’s frae the byways/Comes hame the happy sang.”
On Being Human
“To take the old walks alone, or not at all”
Awareness
“Many of the old ways of life were similar in widespread farming and fishing communities, and are now fading from the places which can be linked by tales such as those told by Patrick-James – and Robert Rendall”
Come Away Melinda
“Come away, Melinda/Come in and close the door”
‘Tomorrow’
“The cormorant flies on by, low over the bay”
‘An Irish Airman Foresees His Death’
“I was thinking of all the young people being sent to fight by Putin, and thinking that they, and their families, are probably wondering – Why?”
