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After the Storm by McMillan, Hugh

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Pamphlet

OUT OF PRINT

Hugh McMillan teaches history in Dumfries and lives in Penpont. He has published four collections of poetry, the last being Aphrodite's Anorak (Peterloo). He has received four bursaries from the Scottish Arts Council and his work - poetry and short stories - has been published widely in Scotland and abroad.

His work has a freshness and directness quite unusual in the present scene.' - Robert Nye

'He unfolds difficult subject matter with near-detachment, always tempered by intelligence and an observant eye.' - Gerard Benson

'Each poem contains a little warhead primed at the emotions' - Ian Duhig

This collection was a first stage winner in The Poetry Business
Book & Pamphlet Competition 2004

WHILE IAN DUNBAR SLEEPS

While Ian Dunbar sleeps,
men with boots trace arabesques
on porridge coloured skies.
The Nith is paralysed
and the moon decides to shine again
on lawns, on little children
disappeared.

While Ian Dunbar sleeps,
taxis purr through sleeves of street,
the night has an eggshell innocence,
smooth like baldness
and the clock strains against the weight
of our sweet
fears.

While Ian Dunbar sleeps,
in the little time
it takes for candlelight to pass,
or to sip a glass
from the River Lethe,
there is no need of death,
or tears.

Due for publication end of May 2005.
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