Title: It
Author: Brian McCabe
Number: 21/100
Allocated postcode: EH9
It
Mohammed’s lovely daughter
who has been lately married
sweeps over the road
in her robes of blue and silver –
like the earth, wrapped around
by the sea and the sky.
The woman from number five
with dead hair, squint specs
– a skeleton in a raincoat,
an absence with an opinion –
says, ‘There’s anither yin
that thinks she’s It.’
this collection 
[…] No. 19: Cafe Life Slice by Jean Atkin No. 20: At Greyfriars Bobby’s Pub by Ken Pobo No. 21: It by Brian McCabe No. 22: Buddha by Brian McCabe No. 23: Great Junkie Street Aye by JL Williams No. 24: Edinburgh […]
Spot on. Smashing. Other good words.
Really like the poem, brief and punchy.
[…] All these poems were submitted by Edinburgh writers of all walks of life; from award-winners like Brian McCabe and Alan Gillis to students, school children and talented first-time poets. From there, we worked […]
[…] All these poems were submitted by Edinburgh writers of all walks of life; from award-winners like Brian McCabe and Alan Gillis to students, school children and talented first-time poets. From there, we worked […]
[…] percussion, singing, guitar, megaphones and projected images. they present a new work based on Brian McCabe’s “It”. They inject passion and humour into both personal experiences and cutting observations of our […]