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Under orchestral skies [456]
I’m back from an assignment in Wales. Hope you are all good. I love Wales. Even when it’s raining. And boy did it rain. And then it didn’t. And it was glorious. It’s half term so I took the kids while I shot photos and video and captured audio. I was there to learn about blade shearing from Gareth Owen on his family farm near Beddgelert. And there was a lot I didn’t know. Gareth has been blade shearing for 30 years and has sheared commercially around the world.
“We give you our consent to govern, don’t pocket it and ride away.”
Local News What do the people want of the place? They want it to be filled with thinking persons as open and adventurous as its architecture. A nest of fearties is what they do not want. A symposium of procrastinators is what they do not want. A phalanx of forelock-tuggers is what they do not want. And perhaps above all the droopy mantra of ‘it wizny me’ is what they do not want.
Edwin Morgan Archive | Gallery | Message Clear (annotated)
More about this item The starting point for, and the final line of, the poem is taken from the New Testament, John 11:25. "This poem was written when my father was very ill, dying of cancer, and I was coming home from the hospital. Suddenly this line 'I am the resurrection and the life' came into my head and then the poem began to emerge from the line.
Air Fryer Falafel Recipe
Want to go the healthier vegetarian route but can’t seem to give up meat? Substitute this air fryer falafel to meatballs, patties, or nuggets! Falafel is a Middle Eastern crispy round street snack made up of crushed chickpeas (garbanzo beans). They are typically shaped into balls or flattened as patties then deep fried. Sounds fattening? Not when you’re air frying them! For my homemade falafel, I used canned chickpeas and blended them using a food processor along with simple herbs and spices.
Edwin Morgan: Centenary Selected
PART OF THE Applause ISSUE ‘Familiarity has bred only increased admiration and love for one of the most incredibly various and fascinating bodies of work I know in modern literature.’ Back in April BooksfromScotland celebrated Edwin Morgan’s centenary with a dedicated issue. But the celebrations continue, and Carcanet Press have just released a brand new selection of his poems, chosen by Hamish Whyte.
Flood Tide (Joan Eardley)
Lonely people are drawn to the sea. Not for this artist the surge and glitter of salons, Clutch of a sherry or making polite conversation.
Edwin Morgan Twenties
PART OF THE Edwin Morgan ISSUE ‘Love rules. Love laughs. Love marches. Love is the wolf that guards the gate.’ One of the key projects of the Edwin Morgan Centenary Celebrations is the publication of the Edwin Morgan Twenties, published by Polygon, each taking on a major theme of Edwin Morgan’s work and introduced by literary luminaries Jackie Kay, Liz Lochhead, Michael Rosen, Ken MacLeod and Ali Smith.
In Touch with Language
PART OF THE Edwin Morgan ISSUE ‘This image of the great dark industrial city blazing with a source of simple widespread pleasure – something childlike in the enjoyment, yet something fitting in the extravagance of the display – is one that appeals to me very much, and it’s perhaps the one that most nearly shows the soul of the place.’ Edwin Morgan: In Touch With Language is an excellent new publication from ASLS collecting together a selection of Edwin Morgan’s best prose pieces.
An Appreciation | Books from Scotland
PART OF THE Edwin Morgan ISSUE By Alistair Braidwood ‘Edwin Morgan’s legacy is one of peace, love, and understanding and it’s one we would do well to heed.’ Alistair Braidwood has been a fan of Edwin Morgan and his work since he was a teenager, here he tells us why Edwin Morgan means so much to him and why we should investigate his brilliant work. Feature portrait taken by Jessie Ann Matthew and belongs to the National Galleries of Scotland.
The Loch Ness Monster's Song
The Loch Ness Monster’s Song Sssnnnwhuffffll? Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl? Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl. Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl – gm grawwwww grf grawf awfgm graw gm. Hovoplodok-doplodovok-plovodokot-doplodokosh? Splgraw fok fok splgrafhatchgabrlgabrl fok splfok! Zgra kra gka fok! Grof grawff gahf? Gombl mbl bl – blm plm, blm plm, blm plm, blp. from Collected Poems (Carcanet, 1990), copyright © Edwin Morgan 1990, used by permission of the author and the publisher
40th anniversary special with Cerys Matthews
To Poetry Please By Roger McGough Extract from Joined Up Writing By Roger McGough Extract from Roger McGough’s poem for Charles Causley on his 70th birthday Eden Rock By Charles Causley Collected Poems 1951-1997 Published by Macmillan A Child is Singing By Adrian Mitchell From Come on Everybody Published by Bloodaxe Extract from Figs from Thistles: First Fig By Edna St. Vincent Millay From Collected Poems Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics Travel By Edna St Vincent Millay From...
Seven Decades Poem by Edwin Morgan
At ten I read Mayakovsky had died, learned my first word of Russian, lyublyu; watched my English teacher poke his earwax with a well-chewed HB and get the class to join his easy mocking of my essay where I'd used verdant herbage for green grass. So he was right? So I hated him! And he was not really right, the ass. A writer knows what he needs, as came to pass.
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