Higher than the craw-stepped gables of our institutes – chess-clubs, fanciers, reels & Strathspeys – the old kingdom of lum, with crowns agley… —Kathleen Jamie, “The Republic of Fife” first published in THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (Bloodaxe, 1994) Today, 9 May, is Europe Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kathleen-jamie/selected-poems/9781509882953 #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Fife