The Dead Good Poets online anthology of poetry by writers from and associated with Aberdeen was published in 2006/2007 with funding from Aberdeen City Council.

For more information about the literary scene in Aberdeen and North-East Scotland please see North East Writers.

Widow

Gerard Rochford

No man walks her street
to call at her door;
no rising waters at her feet
of children wanting more.
Her skies are emptied now of rain.
She shines since she has lain
with a woman; owns
the freehold of her land,
her love, her flesh, her bones,
the rings upon her hand.

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