100 Favourite Scottish Poems

by Stewart Conn

Overview

Scotland has a long history of producing outstanding poetry. From the humblest but-and-ben to the grandest castle, the nation had a great tradition of celebration and commemoration through poetry. 100 favourite Scottish poems - incorporating the nation's best-loved poems as selected in a BBC Scotland listeners poll - ranges from the ballads of Burns from Proud Maisie to The Queen of Sheba, and from Cuddle Doon to The Jeelie Piece Song.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781905222612
Publisher:	Luath Press Limited
Publication date:	10/01/2006
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Stewart Conn was born in Glasgow in 1936, brought up in Kilmarnock, and now lives in Edinburgh. Married with two sons, he is a renowned poet, Honorary President of the Shore Poets, was the first recipient of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland's 'Iain Crichton Smith Award' for services to literature, and was Edinburgh's inaugural Makar or Poet Laureate from 2001-2005.

Editorial Reviews

"a richly diverse collection of poems in English, Scots, Gaelic and Shetlandic (

"This book might be better called 50 Favourites and 50 Surprises, and that's no bad thing!" SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL

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