The Look
The heron’s the look of the river.
The moon’s the look of the night.
The sky’s the look of forever.
Snow is the look of white.
The bees are the look of the honey.
The wasp is the look of pain.
The clown is the look of funny.
Puddles are the look of rain.
The whale is the look of the ocean.
The grave is the look of the dead.
The wheel is the look of motion.
Blood is the look of red.
The rose is the look of the garden.
The girl is the look of the school.
The snake is the look of the Gorgon.
Ice is the look of cool.
The clouds are the look of the weather.
The hand is the look of the glove.
The bird is the look of the feather.
You are the look of love.
Carol Ann Duffy
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Ship
In the end, it was nothing more than the toy boat of a boy on the local park’s lake,
Sung
Now only words in a rhyme, no more than a name on a stone, and that well overgrown –
If I Was Dead
If I was dead, and my bones adrift like dropped oars in the deep, turning earth;
The Scottish Prince
Every summer, I visit the Scottish Prince at his castle high on a hill outside Crieff. We dine on haggis and tatties and neeps – I drink water with mine and the Prince sips