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A poem for a summer storm in the mountains

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

  Summer Storm on Stac Pollaidh Languishing in perfumed August heat Stac Pollaidh stands crowned in red A stone serpent draped across his flanks Interlocking scales curl steeply upwards Reptilian ladder protection against a tide of booted feet Under tussocks … Continue reading →

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Songs of the bog and a myrtle-scented comfort blanket

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Our summer is flitting in and out of sight. Here for a few minutes then gone again, and in its vanishing comes an onslaught: winter, autumn, spring. All the seasons in one day. I think there are more seasons than … Continue reading →

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