Further research

You can explore further works by the poets you have encountered in this course and discover more poems in Scots on the Scottish Poetry Library [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] website.

Rampant Scotland features an interesting selection of Scottish poetry.

Read a dialogue about Haldane’s Da Blyde-Meat between Alan Riach and writer Morag MacInnes on the Writing the North website.

Find out more about Christine de Luca and her work.

Listen to Christine De Luca talking about writing poems in Shetlandic and in English, how the language of her childhood home in Shetland shaped her and the poetry she writes. She also reads some of her poetry in this videoVideo player: WIKITONGUES-_Christine_speaking_Shetlandic.webm.480p.vp9.webm

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Read more about Hugh MacDiarmid’s work and views in this chapter by Alan Riach (2011) ‘The Violence and Virtues of Nations’ in Gardiner M. et al. Scottish Literature and Postcolonial Literature: Comparative Texts and Critical Perspectives, Edinburgh University Press, ProQuest Ebook Central.

Listen to Hugh MacDiarmid reading ‘A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.

Read and listen to William Soutar’s poetry for children on the William Soutar website (which includes sound recordings and films).