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ISBN: 978-0-9558340-6-6 Extracts From Skald Here is a taster of some of the Poems in ‘Skald’ (Koo Press, 2009). Viking Spring This: barley green as grass swaying in gusty May; its clouds of brandished blades. This: ghost-blurs from the coast, hoar-brained crows cawing, haar fingering the halting hearts and limbs of lambs willed to life […]
PENning, the Writers in Exile Committee’s biannual online journal, presents work by Scottish PEN’s member-writers alongside writing from people living in Scotland who are from other parts of the world.