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Three poems by Sarah Watkinson
Well Versed is edited by JODY PORTER

Set in the Silver Sea

Cameron chooses fish on a slab
grey, black, blue
mackerel, halibut, eels or dab?
The rain, the oil, and the sea

The trawlers wait at Peterhead quay
grey, black, blue
freezers burning barrels a day
the rain, the oil, and the sea

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