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8 April 2015updated 19 Oct 2015 12:08pm

“The Glen”: a new poem by Kathleen Jamie

“It’s nothing to us”, you might shrug…

By Kathleen Jamie

(Photo By Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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This poem was commissioned by Bristol 2015 European Green Capital and Bristol Festival of Ideas as part of the Romantic Poets 2015 “Lyrical Ballads” project: ideasfestival.co.uk

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