<![CDATA[Dailies]]>https://dailies.substack.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JLkk!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fdailies.substack.com%2Fimg%2Fsubstack.pngDailieshttps://dailies.substack.comSubstackThu, 03 Sep 2026 09:47:51 GMT<![CDATA[dailies, 3.IX.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-3ix26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-3ix26Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:23:41 GMTA

LAY

lig

lig is rest in Scots, and something ruder

3.IX.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 2.IX.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-2ix26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-2ix26Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:16:31 GMTIHF’s fruit on LR’s table

the lemons are not

yet in her bowl

the lemons are still

afloat in their net

2.IX.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 1.IX.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-1ix26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-1ix26Tue, 01 Sep 2026 05:36:04 GMTlove poem

she needs a pee

before we go, a pee

when we arrive, in

between she breathes in

1.IX.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 31.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-31viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-31viii26Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:42:15 GMTthe problem is

how do you paint

moving clouds

31.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 30.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-30viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-30viii26Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:37:11 GMTWardie

people in the sea

trying to hold

their bodies

out of the sea

30.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 29.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-29viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-29viii26Sat, 29 Aug 2026 05:59:24 GMTsome more pebbles

(I)

‘That’s not Achilles’–

well, duh, bro.

(II)

The midge is the nettle

of the insect world.

(III)

The Prime Minister has come north

to sink a pint for Britain.

(IV)

Elon, why fly to Mars when

we can bake our own?

(V)

The music from the dentist’s room

is scarier than the dentist.

(VI)

Your lovely moon has left that

muck of wrack on my beach.

(VII)

‘That’s news to me’. The university accounts

department is unaware how their own

system works. ‘Next time I’ll know’.

(VIII)

book festivals

all the same writers

in different places

29.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 28.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-28viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-28viii26Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:16:32 GMTafter Garry

Garry says he’s sat still

as a millpond while

the universe turns

at 1040 miles per hour

28.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 27.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-27viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-27viii26Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:10:49 GMTthe modern house

this house is so perfect

even the gabions are neat

what a relief to find

a little clutter

in the last room

for a human being

to be in

27.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 26.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-26viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-26viii26Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:18:27 GMTmy true love says

she’s brought me a treat

pauses and adds– it

was about to go off

26.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 25.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-25viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-25viii26Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:24:49 GMTfor AS

(I)

all of us older

wearing a few more lines

at the launch of the old

poet’s brand-new book

(II)

the poet interrupts

his reading

giggling in anticipation

of the next verse

25.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 24.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-24viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-24viii26Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:30:28 GMTDùn Scaith

before the time of the castle

there was the fort of The Shadow

24.VIII.26

Scathaig, The Shadow, trained Cu Chulainn in the martial arts.

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 23.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-23viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-23viii26Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:58:09 GMTSPIT

THE

GRIT

spate

23.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 22.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-22viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-22viii26Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:04:33 GMTOb Gavascaig

bay of the surge

bay of the whale

or the bay of the swell

the great sea pig displaced

22.VIII.26

Possible translations from the Gaelic; great sea pig is whale

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 21.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-21viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-21viii26Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:20:56 GMTafter Chuang Tzu

seen from here

the tips of the grasses

are greater by far

than Sgurr nan Gillean,

Trollabhal, or Askival

21.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 20.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-20viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-20viii26Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:52:13 GMTDun Scaith

the danger no longer

lies in the castle

the danger lies in the bridge

20.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 19.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-19viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-19viii26Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:25:12 GMTICE

turn your gloves

inside out

that’ll give you

all the shock you need

19.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 18.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-18viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-18viii26Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:01:35 GMT

replete

lemon posset

repeat

followed by a snooze

on the beach

18.VIII.26

for Kinloch House

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 17.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-17viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-17viii26Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:54:39 GMTTHE BOUNDS

OF LIMIT-

LESSNESS

mountain

17.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 16.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-16viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-16viii26Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:31:14 GMTLeveson II

the lessons they will learn

will be learnt next time

will be learnt next time

will be learnt next time

16.VIII.26

]]><![CDATA[dailies, 15.VIII.26]]>https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-15viii26https://dailies.substack.com/p/dailies-15viii26Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:53:30 GMTthe clouds dull

the amplification

of the mountain’s skyline

15.VIII.26

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