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.

Starfish

Wendy Morton

These are the five pointed
spaceships of the tide
waiting for the clams
they pull apart
to make new galaxies
on the waves
that wash and wash
with exquisite
symmetrical death.

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