Adrian Mitchell, who sadly died just before Christmas 2008 was one of poetry's heroes. The Bakehouse and Markings are proud to publish this anthology of poetry to celebrate his life. The anthology has a loving introduction by Edwin Morgan (Scotland’s first Laureate) and contains poems by many of Scotland’s leading poets, friends who loved him, and others who were influenced by his work and share his values. It is our act of celebration and recognition and we hope these voices will continue to raise a song and make a racket for Adrian and everything he stood for many years to come.

Contributors: Donald Adamson; Donald Anderson; Elspeth Brown; Pete Brown; Kevin Cadwallender; A C Clarke; Andy Croft; Christine De Luca; Carol Ann Duffy; Martín Espada; Sally Evans; Vicki Feaver; Raymond Friel; Margaret Gillies Brown; Wn Herbert; Adam Horovitz; Michael Horovitz; Tom Hubbard; John Hudson; Beth Junor; Jackie Kay; Bernard Kops; Tom Leonard; Liz Lochhead; Gerry Loose; Aonghas MacNeacail; Kevin MacNeil; Brian McCabe; Paul McCartney; James McGonigal; Hugh McMillan; Edwin Morgan; Liz Niven; Donny O’Rourke; J B Pick; Tom Pow; Tessa Ransford; Mario Relich; Alan Riach; Dilys Rose; Chrys Salt; Kenneth C Steven; Hamish Whyte

Beatitude
by Donald Adamson

Blessed are they
who hear the lies
and say aloud ‘they lie’ –

say that the torturer
is the one walking his dog
and pruning his roses
and that your ‘protectors’
will bind you, beat you, make you sit
all day in your own piss
then kick you aside
with a bullet in the head.

Blessed are they
who know this, and can say
that there is love
and the hope of a better world

and we can choose
for our delight, and even our deserving,
to be human.

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