fine essay on HUGH MACDIARMID, SCOTLAND’S REVOLUTIONARY POET

We must be humble. We are so easily baffled by appearances
And do not realize that these stones are one with the stars.
It makes no difference to them whether they are high or low,
Mountain peak or ocean floor, palace, or pigsty.
There are plenty of ruined buildings in the world but no ruined
stones.
No visitor comes from the stars
But is the same as they are...