Poem of the Week: ‘In A Time of Distance’ by Alexander McCall Smith
13 Mar '24
Our poem of the week is the titular poem from Alexander McCall Smith’s debut poetry collection In A Time of Distance, which we have just...
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Poem of the Week: ‘Invocation’ by Alycia Pirmohamed
28 Mar '23
Over the next month we mark Ramadan, Easter, and Passover, and in celebration of this month of faith we have chosen as our poem of the week...
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...
Poem of the Week: Persephone’s Crossings I by Alycia Pirmohamed
07 Mar '23
Persephone's Crossings I. I am born into this story of selves, one that leaves the fruit to rust, the other that cuts the sweet – this memory is...
Poem of the Week: ‘Autumn’ by Norman MacCaig
21 Oct '22
Leaves are turning golden and there is a distinctly autumnal chill in the air. It is no surprise that many poets find inspiration in this season of...
A Day in September by Alexander McCall Smith
12 Sep '22
A Poem on Loss ‘A Day in September’ is a poem, written by Alexander McCall Smith, to mark the the occasion of the death of Queen...
Poem of the Week: ‘Morning Rituals’ by Jenni Fagan
06 Sep '22
From her newly published collection The Bone Library, our poem of the week is ‘Morning Rituals’. Read the poem, and listen to Jenni...
Poem of the Week: ‘The Callanish Stones’ by Nikki Robson
20 Jun '22
The Callanish Stones in Lewis are one of Scotland’s oldest manmade structures, and many people visit them at sunrise on the summer solstice in...
Poem of the Week: ‘A Year, Aye?’ from Oyster by Michael Pedersen
10 May '22
Our poem of the week is ‘A Year, Aye?’ taken from Michael Pedersen’s dazzling collection Oyster. You can see Michael performing...
‘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...
‘Daffodils’ from Carve the Runes by George Mackay Brown
22 Feb '22
Daffodils Heads skewered with grief Three Marys at the cross (Christ was wire and wax festooned on a dead tree) Guardians of the rock, their emerald...
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...
