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The Poet

The Poet by George Mackay Brown (1921-1996) ' Therefore he no more troubled the pool of silence. But put on mask and cloak, Strung a guitar And moved among the folk. Dancing they cries, "Ah", how our sober islands Are gay again, since this blind lyrical tramp Invaded the Fair!' Under the last dead lamp When all the dancers and masks had gone inside His cold stare Returned to its true task, interrogation of silence. ' Reprinted by permission of John Murray from Selected Poems 1954-1983 (1991)

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