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[Poetry Scotland @PoetryScotland]

#RabbieBurns https://t.co/p9EKF1r5WU

[EglintonArmsHotel @BWEglintonArms]

It's #NationalPoetryDay! So here's to auld lang syne, ye wee fleeket cowran tim'rous beastie. #RobertBurns #Scotlands #best #poet #ever

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Beautiful lines. https://t.co/2w2lglLbUN

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One of the greatest literary minds of all time. #EzraPound https://t.co/GXYLlPz4rX

[Diane Beck @diebeckdie]

Let the Gods forgive
what I have made
Let those I love try to forgive
what I have made.
#EzraPound #poetry #poem #pound
#NationalPoetryDay

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#NationalPoetryDay https://t.co/iCXdkjjSP3

[Andrew Prescott @Ajprescott]

‘Design and the Concrete Poem’ forms part go the Outside-In/Inside-Out festival at Glasgow: https://t.co/YuyRiOQqKE #NatiomalPoetryDay

[CitizenSlant @CitizenSlant]

7 Quotes from 7 Timeless Poets for National Poetry Day https://t.co/0vSj2jxbzy #NationalPoetryDay

[Poetry Scotland @PoetryScotland]

Hate/Love relationship with the character limit! Does it #structure or #stunt your poetry? #NationalPoetryDay

[Liam Williams @funnylad5]

I rewrote 'Stop All the Clocks' so millennials can understand it. #NationalPoetryDay

[Poetry Scotland @PoetryScotland]

(7/7)
His paws hit the surface
And he really means no harm.
But he scatters the tadpoles,
Creating a tsunami of disruption.

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(6/7)
And he chases the light,
Playing hide and seek
With the broken rays which make it
Through the shelter of the trees.

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(5/7)
For now, they are still
In clear but stagnant pools
Until my spaniel catches sight
Of the sun’s glare on the water.

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(4/7)
The world moves around them,
People and animals pass by.
But they are safe in their cocoon,
Until the right time arrives.

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(3/7)
Full of potential,
They wait their turn.
They will all hatch together
When the right time comes.

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(2/7)
They are not yet grown;
Not fully made.
No chance to become,
Or do, anything at all.

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(1/7)
The first tadpole eggs of Spring
Quiver and cling together,
Unwilling to break apart
From their fragile bonds.

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To kick us off on #NationalPoetryDay - a poem on a Scottish walk:

[Poetry Scotland @PoetryScotland]

Happy National Poetry Day everyone. Great day to start writing! #nationalpoetryday