Waverley Station Pigeons
Edinburgh Revisited
English - August 20, 2019 22:00 - 35 seconds - 504 KBBooks Arts Performing Arts edinburgh; fringe edinburgh castle edinburgh festival poetry ledingham edinburgh revisited Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Waverley Station Pigeons
With echoes of
King’s Cross,
Ladybank,
And Cardenden
Hanging in the air,
Two boys make statues
At a pigeon,
Which stands its ground,
Staring back,
Tilting its head;
They throw another shape,
It tilts again,
Before it turns,
And claps itself
Into the travellers’ vaulted space;
A moment of childhood,
Departing, without even an
Announcement.