Poem of the Week: Norman MacCaig, Praise of a thorn bush
18 Jan '21
An Edinburgh school teacher by profession, poet Norman MacCaig spent his summers in Assynt in the far north west of Scotland. From their first visit...
Poem of the Week
A Sonnet of Ice and Fire: ‘The Salamander’ by Hamish Henderson
07 Dec '20
Soldier, academic, folklorist, political activist, songwriter, translator but above all a poet, Hamish Henderson’s collected work is an...
Poem of the Week: The Way to Warebeth Beach by Andrew Greig
30 Nov '20
This poem from Andrew Greig’s new collection, Later That Day, is about the familiar routine of walking your dog on a familiar beach on a...
Poem of the Week – ‘Mareel’ by Roseanne Watt
23 Nov '20
Our Poem of the Week is ‘Mareel’ from Roseanne Watt’s collection Moder Dy. This stunning collection has won both the Somerset...
