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By Hole Ousia Posted on March 28, 2021

Only One Home

Alexander McCall Smith has written this poem for WWF Scotland about climate change. It was printed in the Scotsman, 27 March 2021.

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 27 March 2021, Alexander McCall Smith, Antiquary, Earth Hour, Edinburgh, Hole Ousia, March 2021, Only One Home, poem, poet, poetry, Scotland, Scotsman, The Antiquary, virtual exhibition, WWF, WWF Scotland

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 12, 2021

Secret of the Yew Tree

‘If we are on a path of initiation into the secrets of landscape, earthlore and healing, the yew tree can become a powerful heirophant.’ The Ormiston Yew The circular Yew … Continue reading Secret of the Yew Tree

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By Hole Ousia Posted on March 3, 2021March 4, 2021

[matters still under consideration]

recollections, recall. [a poem relating to the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints]

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Poems, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints, Hole Ousia, matters still under consideration, poem, poetry, rebel antiquary, recall, recollection, Social maverick, The Rebel Antiquary, [these are matters still under consideration]

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

Not so, the artist says:

This is from Fugitive Colours by Liz Lochhead. It is a most wonderful book that breaks lots of rules!

Categories: Philosophy, Poems, Two culturesTags: and tonight the sky would be huge with stars, Fugitive Colours, Hole Ousia, Liz Lochhead, Makar, make those absent voices sing, not so says the artist, Omphalos, Peter J Gordon, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, rebel antiquary, Scottish, Scottish Review of Books, Social maverick, the light comes back the light always comes back, The Rebel Antiquary, to be humbled, to be in the presence of absence, Unfankle This, your glad eye for the spaces and those places

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