The Poems: The Poem that Walked on Stilts

Acknowledgements: Title: The Poem that Walked on Stilts : Pamphlet no 170.Front Cover: An online tattoo design based on Salvador Dali’s elephant works. Back Cover: Winnie Blackhall creating a bower for a rabbit, Coull.Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow. Copyright: Sheena Blackhall July 2021.The back cover features Winnie Blackhall aged 8 creating a bower at the entrance to a rabbit hole at Coull, which she constructed with her sister Jessica.The front cover is taken from an online tattoo design, itself based on the work by Salvador Dali. Lockdown in a Bedroom was included in Best Scottish Poems 2020. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2020 was Janette Ayachi. Several Poems were inspired by artists who were included in the exhibition British Art Show 9, running at Aberdeen Art Gallery July 2021. Others were prompted by items in the programme QI (Flying with Falcons etc) What is forgotten & What Remains? is inspired by the title of an event at the Museum of Immigration, Paris, running from May2019-August 2021. Sheena Blackhall c. July 2021