To the Year's End
by Donald Mackay
the yellowing flowering currant
offers a little livid light
with barely any green in it
too late
about to die
ghastly and yet it half-restores
the day
as it stares
blind
light into the darkness growing
and beyond
if this is winter spring
not far behind
as Shelley said, a slow uprising
| Donald Mackay - Late Poems | |
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Donald Mackay was a teacher from Caithness whose poetry pamphlets were published by Mariscat and in publications such as The Dark Horse, with which he had a long connection. | |
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