THE poet and publisher Duncan Glen had, among other literary talents, a sense of humour.

It's on display here in this short disquisition on sculpture, ancient and modern, from his Collected Poems 1965-2005 (Akros).

THE GALLERY OF MODERN ART, EDINBURGH

Whaur the great indoor warks wi hectic discourses entice

the passin trade frae aw the airts, here ithers

press doon on the gress and exotic mouldings

hae their wordless say.

I staun afore 'Reclinin Figure' by Henry Moore.

I think o Michelangelo. The greatest of artists

hae nae thocht to what the rouch stane

in its superfluous shell disnae include.

To brak the marble spell, that is aw

the haund that serves the brain can dae. And this

perhaps the maist famous piece o sculpture

in aw Scotland

till you think o

Greyfriars Bobby.