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Giving a back-rub
to Hugh MacDiarmid
I felt, through the tweed,
so much tension
in that determined
neck, those little
bony shoulders
that, when it was released,
he simply
stood up and fell over.
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May 29, 2008
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Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson is from the northeast coast of Scotland. His fifth collection of poetry will be published next year. (June 2012)
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May 29, 2008
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