{"id":58315,"date":"2023-09-26T11:32:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=58315"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T15:32:31","slug":"five-brief-stanzas-from-a-scottish-born-poet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2023\/09\/five-brief-stanzas-from-a-scottish-born-poet.html","title":{"rendered":"Five Brief Stanzas from a Scottish-born Poet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/01\/a-poem-and-its-genesis-malcolm-ritchies-writing-it.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/01\/a-poem-and-its-genesis-malcolm-ritchies-writing-it.html\">MALCOLM RITCHIE<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\n\n<strong>i saw it: the end\nof everything\nat the bottom of\na teacup<\/strong>\n\n*\n\n<strong>as a gull passes over \u2013\nglimpse of the sun\u2019s last ray\nprecariously secreted  \nbeneath a wing<\/strong>\n\n*\n\n<strong>as a brief visitor to my ear\na fly droned on about \nsome matter or other that\nwas too brief for me to catch\n<\/strong>\n*\n\n<strong>her words like\na mirror in her mouth:\ni saw myself instantly\n<\/strong>\n*\n\n<strong>arching parabolic trace\nof the rainbow\u2019s invisible arrow\nreleased from colour\ninto the colourblind eye \nof gravity<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Drawing-by-Malcolm-Ritchie-2018border-360x528enh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32784\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/drawing-by-malcolm-ritchie-2018border-360x528enh\" 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