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January 15th, 2026
Edinburgh Poetry Contest #1 – First Place
by J.P. Innes
Now that I am headed North and all that,
they said Skye isn't as blue as the sea but
from right here, where I am standing, it is.
From far away that is but hey, so are you now.
How can you ask of a stone as it rolls,
to slow himself before rolling some more?
Lying in your south side flat, even the
fucking lightbulbs knew I should have left earlier.
Does anyone know anything about
the Picts? Or who they were looking for when
they came up here? It couldn't have been you.
Or me stood here with butter on my chin.
I have also lost a hound, a bay horse,
a turtle dove. I don't follow their trails.
Note: Skye – the largest island of the Inner Hebrides
archipelago in Scotland.
About the Poet
J.P. Innes resides in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Read the poet's biography and Wax Poetry and Art publications
on J.P Innes's Artist Page.
This poem is also featured in Comet #7, published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
Keywords: relationships, break-ups, scottish history
Previously published in Edinburgh Poetry Magazine:
One Field Across
by Emelia Faye Macdonald
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