It took around two years for Burns to complete the poem. In a letter to Robert Cleghorn ... but something came in my way so that the design of an Elegy to his memory gave up.

Has auld Kilmarnock seen the Deil? Or great Mackinlay thrawn his heel? Or Robertson again grown weel, To preach an' read? "Na, waur than a'! cries ilka chiel, "Tam Samson's dead!" Kilmarnock lang ...

Elegy for Opportunity extends a lifeline from Earth that will leave you feeling comforted, challenged and a little less alone in the universe. Natalie Lim from Vancouver wins the 2018 CBC Poetry ...