Laid-back in orbit, they found their minds.
They found their minds were very clean and clear…
—Edwin Morgan, “A Home in Space”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)
Yuri Gagarin completed a single orbit of the Earth #OTD, 12 April, 1961. Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight
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…Man sall tak wings;
And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
To bigg his nest in the braid breast
O’ Cassiopeia
Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
Lippen on nae sin…
—William Soutar, “Apotheosis”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2016)
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Although largely ignored by the world’s media, Scotland’s astronauts have returned safely too
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Assoc for Scottish Literature
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