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Poem published on poetry24

by Gary Smillie

My poem on the Scottish referendum result, published on Poetry 24.  Big thanks to Laura Taylor for switching me on to the blog..

 
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Thursday 18th December 2014 10:41 am

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The Hill Runners (A New Poem)

by Gary Smillie

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The Hill Runners

 

Hill running is something you admire.

It’s in your blood, North Yorkshire’s

Moreish love of loneliness

How the heather heavy tragedy

Makes mountains sides romantic,

Peaks magnetic as a pole star’s pull.

 

I know you dream of them, those grim,

Uncomplicated, headlong men.

You can see heroic silhouettes –

Black dot specks on blue hillsides

Do...

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Tuesday 9th December 2014 3:23 pm

hill running   nature   poetry   relationships

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