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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carol Rumens

Poem of the week: Moor by Kathleen Jamie

‘At heart of all is the land, contested, / exploited and beloved’ … Machrie moor standing stones, Isle of Arran, Scotland.
‘At heart of all is the land, contested, / exploited and beloved’ … Machrie Moor standing stones, Isle of Arran, Scotland. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Moor

What do we sense on the moor but ghost folk,
ghost deer, even ghost wolf. The path itself is a
phantom, almost erased in ling and yellow tormentil:
flowers of this summer and this summer only,
even as they flourish they’re passing into memory,
already bequeathing themselves —

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