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Editor’s Note xiii from The Vision of Cathkin Braes (1952) Verses for a Christmas Card 5
Concrete Poems (1963–1969) Message Clear
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Starryveldt
Siesta of a Hungarian Snake
The Computer’s First Christmas Card
Opening the Cage
Chinese Cat from The Second Life (1968) The Death of Marilyn Monroe
The White Rhinoceros
Aberdeen Train
Canedolia
To Joan Eardley
Linoleum Chocolate
Good Friday
The Starlings in George Square
King Billy
Glasgow Green
In the Snack-bar
Trio
The Second Life
The Unspoken
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