would thi prisoner
in thi bar
please stand
fur thi aforesaid crime
uv writn anuthir poem
awarded the certificate of safety
by thi scottish education department …
—Tom Leonard, published in GHOSTIE MEN (Galloping Dog Press, 1980)
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This newspaper hoarding – hung by Tom Leonard here on his bookcase – was described by the author as
“the only ‘trophy’ I ever got for my poetry that continues to give me some pleasure, when I remember it.”
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