A Poem for December: ‘Winter’ by Alexander McCall Smith
03 Dec '23
Enjoy this poem ‘Winter’ by Alexander McCall Smith, taken from his debut poetry collection In A Time of Distance. Click the link at the...
Poem of the Week
Poem of the Week: ‘Bowerbird’ from Anamnesis by Iona Lee
01 Aug '23
Our poem of the week is ‘Bowerbird’ from Iona Lee’s debut poetry collection, Anamnesis, which is officially published on Thursday...
Poem of the Week: ‘Good Art’ by Jenni Fagan
21 Mar '23
As we celebrate World Poetry Day, enjoy a poem about the power of art in ‘Good Art’ by Jenni Fagan. This poem is taken from her newest...
Remembrance Poem of the Week: ‘Dreamers’ by Siegfried Sassoon
08 Nov '22
Friday is Armistice Day, and an opportunity to commemorate the end of the First World War, and remember those who have lost their lives in service to...
Celebrate National Poetry Day with ‘Autumn’ by Alexander McCall Smith
05 Oct '22
In Celebration of National Poetry Day, we are sharing a timely poem from Alexander McCall Smith’s collection In A Time of Distance....
‘Memo to myself for Spring’ by Liz Lochhead
19 Apr '22
This year is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Liz Lochhead’s debut collection, Memo for Spring. Last month we published a brand new...
Christmas Poem 2021: ‘Tinker Talk’ by George Mackay Brown
21 Dec '21
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Tinker Talk George Mackay Brown I saw the four shepherds, black In the sun’s ruin. Four star-cut shadows, soon. Folk...
Poem of the Week: ‘House of Winter’ by George Mackay Brown
07 Dec '21
Introducing a new volume of poetry The Wreck of the Archangel in 1989, George Mackay Brown wrote ‘There has been no book of poetry from me...
St Andrew’s Day Poem: ‘Canedolia’ by Edwin Morgan
30 Nov '21
Edwin Morgan(1920-2010), Scotland’s first modern Makar, was one of the country’s most playful and curious poets. His vast body of work...
Poem of the week: ‘Only One Home’ by Alexander McCall Smith for the WWF
08 Nov '21
Our poem of the week was written exclusively for the World Wildlife fund by Alexander McCall Smith. ‘Only One Home’ is featured as part...
Poem of the Week: Norman MacCaig, ‘Notations of ten summer minutes’
31 Aug '21
Norman MacCaig’s poetry about Assynt, collected in Polygon’s Between Mountain and Sea, are spare, simple evocations of time and place....
Poem of the Week: ‘When Carla Moved Out’ by Michael Pedersen
24 Aug '21
Michael Pedersen’s second poetry collection, Oyster (2017), is a salty scoop of delight that slips down in one mouthful. Bite down, though: its...
