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A gathering : a personal anthology of Scottish poems / edited by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Joe McLaren.
Van Pelt Library PR8658.2 .G38 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scottish poetry.
- English poetry--Scottish authors.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Polygon, 2020.
- Contents:
- Love & Marriage
- Some Ghaists Haunt Hooses p. 3 / Kate Y.A. Bone
- True ways of knowing p. 6 / Norman MacCaig
- Incident p. 7 / Norman MacCaig
- To a Lady p. 8 / William Dunbar
- Mary's Song p. 9 / Marion Angus
- One Cigarette p. 10 / Edwin Morgan
- Strawberries p. 11 / Edwin Morgan
- The Shadows p. 13 / Iain Crichton Smith
- A Red, Red Rose p. 15 / Robert Burns
- Tràighean/Shores p. 16 / 17 / Somhairle MacGill-Eain and Sorley MacLean
- Watching You Walk p. 20 / Ruthven Todd
- 'I will make you brooches and toys for your delight' p. 22 / Robert Louis Stevenson
- Sonnet p. 23 / Mary, Queen of Scots
- Poems of Place
- 'Scotland small?' p. 28 / Hugh MacDiarmid
- Scotland p. 29 / Alastair Reid
- Scotland p. 30 / Sir Alexander Gray
- In Edinburgh 1940 p. 33 / Ruthven Todd
- Did You See Me? p. 39 / Robert Garioch
- Glisk of the Great p. 41 / Robert Garioch
- In Princes Street Gairdens p. 42 / Robert Garioch
- Christmas snow in Princes Street p. 43 / Norman MacCaig
- King Billy p. 47 / Edwin Morgan
- The Starlings in George Square p. 49 / Edwin Morgan
- From Auld Reekie p. 52 / Robert Fergusson
- In Honour of the City of London p. 54 / William Dunbar
- The Night City p. 57 / W. S. Graham
- The Freedom Come-All-Ye p. 59 / Hamish Henderson
- Islands
- Island Funeral p. 63 / Hugh MacDiarmid
- Beachcomber p. 65 / George Mackay Brown
- Hamnavoe p. 67 / George Mackay Brown
- Nocturne Lewis p. 70 / Tessa Ransford
- An Roghainn/The Choice p. 72 / 73 / Somhairle MacGill-Eain and Sorley MacLean
- Hallaig p. 76 / 77 / Somhairle MacGill-Eain and Sorley MacLean
- Shetland and Ponies p. 82 / George Bruce
- Voyage We to Islands p. 84 / George Bruce
- An Island and Seals p. 85 / George Bruce
- Bloody Orkney p. 87 / Hamish Blair
- Childhood
- Looking Forward p. 93 / Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Whole Duty of Children p. 94 / Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Lamplighter p. 95 / Robert Louis Stevenson
- Winter's Awa p. 96 / William Soutar
- Childhood p. 97 / Edwin Muir
- Child on the Beach p. 99 / George Bruce
- The Child and the Sea p. 100 / George Bruce
- Boys Among Rock Pools p. 102 / George Bruce
- Countryside & Animals
- Proud Maisie p. 105 / Sir Walter Scott
- To a Mouse p. 109 / Robert Burns
- The Two Mice p. 112 / Robert Henryson
- Propinquity p. 122 / Alastair Reid
- On a Cat, Ageing p. 124 / Sir Alexander Gray
- The Wild Geese p. 126 / Violet Jacob
- Toad p. 127 / Norman MacCaig
- Basking shark p. 128 / Norman MacCaig
- The Twa Corbies p. 129 / Anon
- Molecatcher p. 130 / Albert Mackie
- The Hill Burns p. 131 / Nan Shepherd
- Loch Avon p. 134 / Nan Shepherd
- Summit of Corrie Etchachan p. 135 / Nan Shepherd
- Birth, Joy, Life
- A New Child p. 139 / ECL George Mackay Brown
- To the Future p. 142 / William Soutar
- Lily of Raasay p. 144 / Tessa Ransford
- For My Newborn Son p. 146 / Sydney Goodsir Smith
- At First, My Daughter p. 147 / Elma Mitchell
- Mother, Dear Mother p. 148 / Elma Mitchell
- Invocation p. 149 / Kathleen Raine
- Daedalus p. 152 / Alastair Reid
- From A Bard's Address to His Youngest Daughter p. 154 / James Hogg
- Personal History p. 156 / Ruthven Todd
- War, Conflict & Loss
- Memorial p. 164 / Norman MacCaig
- From Elegy of Jean Calvin p. 165 / George Buchanan
- The Heart Could Never Speak p. 166 / Edwin Muir
- Requiem p. 167 / Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Flyting o' Life and Daith p. 168 / Hamish Henderson
- The 51st Highland Division's Farewell to Sicily p. 170 / Hamish Henderson
- So Long p. 172 / Hamish Henderson
- Seventh Elegy p. 174 / Hamish Henderson
- On Looking at the Dead p. 178 / Iain Crichton Smith
- The Transmutation p. 181 / Edwin Muir
- The Brig p. 182 / Violet Jacob
- Departure and Departure and... p. 184 / George Bruce
- At My Father's Grave p. 185 / Hugh MacDiarmid
- The Horses p. 186 / Edwin Muir
- From the Line p. 188 / Roderick Watson Kerr
- Curaidhean/Heroes p. 190 / 191 / Somhairle MacGill-Eain and Sorley MacLean
- Latha Foghair / An Autumn Day p. 194 / 195 / Somhairle MacGill-Eain and Sorley MacLean
- Green Boughs p. 198 / Naomi Mitchison
- The Mother p. 199 / Joseph Lee
- The Permanence of the Young Man p. 200 / William Soutar
- Final Poems & What They Mean to Me
- A Man's a Man For A'That p. 203 / Robert Burns
- At Robert Fergusson's Grave p. 206 / Robert Garioch
- For Willie Soutar p. 208 / Douglas Young
- In September 1937 p. 210 / Ruthven Todd
- Going Up to Sotheby's p. 212 / Muriel Spark
- The Clearances p. 215 / Iain Crichton Smith
- Macpherson's Rant p. 216 / Anon
- The Flowers of the Forest p. 218 / Jean Eliot.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the David Milne Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781846975158
- 1846975158
- OCLC:
- 1128199871
- Publisher Number:
- 99985572844
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