Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Hear my prayer, O non-existent God,<br>accept these cries into thy nothingness,<br>thou, who never leaves poor men unblessed<br>by your false comfort…</p><p>—Don Paterson, “Atheist Prayer”<br>published in THE ARCTIC (Faber, 2023)</p><p>Today, March 23, is <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AtheistDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtheistDay</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571338191-the-arctic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">faber.co.uk/product/9780571338</span><span class="invisible">191-the-arctic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/prayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prayer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a></p>