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Edwin Morgan

A Gull

by Edwin Morgan

A seagull stood on my window-ledge today,
said nothing, but had a good look inside.
That was a cold inspection I can tell you!
North winds, icebergs, flash of salt
crashed through the glass...

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John Burnside

Animals

by John Burnside

Animals

for Allison Funk

There are nights when we cannot name
the animals that flit across our headlights

even on moonlit journeys, when the road
is eerie and still

and we...

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Daljit Nagra

Daljit Nagra

From time to time a poet is in residence at the Poetry Archive, talking about poetry with anyone who wants to join in the conversation.

Comic Verse

I'm troubled, as you can tell by my introduction, about comic verse. Comic verse gets bad press because rigid notions of comedy foreground throwaway poems. Surely the best comedy is when the poem surprises us into laughter rather than setting up t... >

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