Saw from a notice in the London Review of Books that The Collected
Poems of George Mackay Brown is available in paperback (John Murray
2006). which I hadn't known about. I've admired his poetry in the
past, so will have look at this. The notice in the LRB quotes a
little:
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The lamp is needful in spring, still,
Though the jar of daffodils
Outsplendours lamplight and hearthflames.
In summer only near midnight
Is match struck to wick.
A moth, maybe, troubles the rag of flame.
Harvest. The lamp in the window
Summons the scythe-men.
A school-book lies on the sill, two yellow halves.
In December the lamp's a jewel,
The hearth ingots and incense.
A cold star travels across the pane.
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That is damned good. I suppose though that world is gone now.
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