Author: Brian Docherty

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Sofia, Poetry

Span

‘I’m not coming to the Revolutionunless there’s dancing’ – ROSA LUXEMBOURG A notable mark,the biblical spanworth celebrating,so let’s dance, it’snot downhill all the wayunless life is livedon a sledge, headlonginto the unknown,the ice shooting youinto...

Sofia, Poetry

Meadow Cranesbill

It sounds like a bird,but is a species of geraniumhidden among the grass,unless you know where to look,easily stepped on by carelesshikers or cattle, maybe eatenby those cattle to flavourtheir milk, or plucked byhikers to...

Sofia

Moveable Feasts

Moveable Feasts Guy Fawkes wheels around in tandem with Diwali, Festival of Lights, obscure to this 60s Glasgow child; Bonfire Night our big, noisy, bright-edged party, Remember, Remember, the 5th of November. In primary school...