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We hold in a creel
of air
what's human

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This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2013. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2013 was David Robinson. Image: Baby Faith by Cary and Kacey Jordan, under a Creative Commons licence

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The contrast between the unknown depth between the stars and our own infinitely more transient lives is a common enough theme of poetry, but that doesn’t make it any the less remarkable – particularly when delivered with such concision.

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Jean Atkin

Jean Atkin grew up in Cumbria, with Shetland ancestry, and lived for twelve years on a smallholding in Dumfries and Galloway. She is now settled in Shropshire, working as a poet, writer and educator.

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