2026-09-21 12:47 UTC
My seventy-seven-year-old father
put his reading glasses on
to help my mother do the buttons
on the back of her dress…
—Jackie Kay, “George Square”
published in LIFE MASK (Bloodaxe, 2005)
Today, 21 September, is the International Day of Peace
https://www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-peace
#Scottish #literature #peace #poem #poetry #InternationalDayofPeace
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-09-21 12:47
Listen to Jackie Kay read “George Square” on the Poetry Archive https://poetryarchive.org/poem/george-square/ #Scottish #literature #peace #poem #poetry #InternationalDayofPeace
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@lobster2@c.im 2026-09-21 13:54
@scotlit@mastodon.scot International Day of Peace I'll celebrate. Tomorrow, today and yesterday, all year longing...
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@AndrewShields@pixelfed.ch 2026-09-21 19:57
What a beautiful poem!
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@Wen@mastodon.scot 2026-09-21 20:10
@scotlit@mastodon.scot lovely. I so wished we would get there (arguing as we always did). Fantastic poem.