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Marion MacAskill


Marion MacAskill

Poems


Eilidh

Anchors


Anchors

Marion MacAskill

oilskins flung
butterchurn yellow
on the Stella Maris
sunnyside up

among slivers of fishtail
smoored fish eyes
Murchadh jumps

chug chug of engine
dog noses creel
greas ort! greas ort!

to murmers of Gaelic
ciamar a tha thu?
dappled seals bark
grey flippers clap.


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