Coracle: Poems By Kenneth Steven
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Kenneth Steven
Kenneth Steven is one of Scotland’s best known contemporary poets. He is a frequent speaker at Scottish literary festivals and has grown an international audience through podcasts and online readings. He has written and presented poetry programmes for BBC Radio.
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Coracle - Kenneth Steven
First published in Great Britain in 2014
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Copyright © Kenneth Steven 2014
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ISBN 978–0–281–07209–5
eBook ISBN 978–0–281–07210–1
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For Kristina,
with love
Contents
Acknowledgements
Coracle
Iona
Cloister
The Words
A Green Woodpecker
After the Storm
George
Horses
Calvinism
Easter Lilies
School
Patient
Punishment
A Kind of Coming Back
Pears
Moons
Otter
The Mid-March Frogs
Ted
Lapwings
Finlaggan
Leaving the Island
After All
Glenlyon
Glendalough
The Ghost Orchid
The Unfound
Two Wrens Dead
Dafydd
The Place Where Rivers Meet
Edith
The Chapel
Son
Ruanan
In the Monastery’s Last Days
Hallowe’en
Defining an Island
Way Out West
Enough
The Hermit’s Cell
Acknowledgements
Poems in this collection have previously appeared in the pages of the following outlets: Acumen, Causeway, Coracle, The Countryman, The Eildon Tree, Envoi, The Herald (Glasgow), Life and Work, Northwords Now, Poetry Ireland Review,