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.

Child's Elm Song

Michael Dennis Browne

If there were no trees
I would take my turn
and stand in the street in spring
with arms wide open
in case there were birds
who needed a place to sing.

(Sleeping on the porch; music by Carolyn Jennings)

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