Scottish Love Poems

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2026
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited (Verlag)
978-1-84697-715-2 (ISBN)

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At times of high emotion, people tend to turn to poetry to express their thoughts and emotions. Whether it’s the first time you fall in love or on the occasion of a wedding, poetry can be best communicate how we feel. Love in all its forms is celebrated in this diverse and highly accessible poetry anthology with poems from Robert Burns to Norman MacCaig, and Liz Lochhead to William Letford. Scotland’s rich poetry canon from the past is presented here alongside names from the modern and present day.

Poets included: Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, George Mackay Brown, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy, Liz Lochhead, Edwin Morgan, William Letford, Douglas Dunn, Don Paterson

Edward Crossan was born in Edinburgh and is an editor at Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn, where he acquires and edits literary fiction and poetry. Since 2015, he has revitalised Polygon’s poetry programme building an award-winning list that includes Jenni Fagan, Hannah Lavery, Iona Lee, Liz Lochhead, Michael Pedersen, Alycia Pirmohamed, Thomas Stewart and Roseanne Watt. He lives in a small seaside town on the shores of the Firth of Forth with his wife and two children.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.9.2026
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-84697-715-0 / 1846977150
ISBN-13	978-1-84697-715-2 / 9781846977152
Zustand	Neuware