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Poet, and author of 'Findings' 'Sightlines' and 'Surfacing' and now The Makar - Scotland's National Poet. Contact makar@spl.org.uk
Jan 31, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
Brexit Day in Edinburgh - a poem-thread
#LeaveALightOnForScotland

From the top deck of the No.5 bus
a thin banner of blue
suddenly becomes visible down beyond Leith: the firth,
the North Sea, the water-route
that's aye connected us