New poetry in The Interpreter's House

Delighted to have a poem about blood and its circulation in the latest issue of  the very wonderful The Interpreter's House.

'Your body is not a machine,
the way your heart works
is not architecture and
           not a river system
but this map of tattered colours
embracing all the ports,'

from 'Talking about how blood moves' by @khursheb

Bridget Khursheed 72 — The Interpreter's House

You can read the full poem here https://theinterpretershouse.org/bridget-khursheed-72.

By the water of Leith

An irresistible map of paint.

A parking bollard I assume concrete crunched by Lady Haig's Poppy Factory and not far from the old dog track site of many a monster truck extravanza.

Almost lichen-like when viewed from further away.

#mapofbirds fledgling sparrows

Notes from this week:

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A map of birds

...a brief outing...

Breathing space July

p&g is off to the orienteering to take a good look and see if it is possible to see the wood from the trees. Usually this involves wandering (and indeed wondering) around the forest getting unlost - thank you Murray Strain.

Orienteering is a good sport for poets as it is a combination of brain, body and place - you need to learn to map the landscape or city you are running in and take the best line; it helps you make decisions and discard the unnecessary. Oh and there are those lovely pauses for breath when I get to a control.

Inverness and environs in Scotland are being taken over by the Scottish 6 days and World Orienteering Championships. And there is some live coverage on BBC Alba.

You can find more here http://www.scottish6days.com/2015, here http://www.woc2015.org/home and here http://www.woc2015.org/info/watch-at-home?utm_content=buffer84bea&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer