"The character of human beings is, unfortunately, a fleeting thing, but the character of scenes and landscapes endures for periods that laugh at history as we know it."
#Orkney #Stromness #GeorgeMackayBrown
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/18/focus-on-stromness-1949-part-2/

"This week, for one week only, Stromness will be the centre of Orkney. Some local merchants think it should be the centre of the islands all the time."
#Stromness #Orkney #GeorgeMackayBrown
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/17/focus-on-stromness-1949-part-1/

Midsummer Madness 1948
#summersolstice
#midsummer #Orkney #GeorgeMackayBrown
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/21/midsummer-madness-1948/

A wonderful visit to McNaughtan’s Books in Edinburgh this morning. I don’t think I’ve seen such a varied selection of Scottish poetry before, and I found a couple of George Mackay Brown items missing from the collection.

For some reason, Voyages, Brown’s 1983 collection of poetry, is quite hard to find, so it was lovely to see it there and liberate it from the shelves!

#GeorgeMackayBrown #ScottishPoetry #ScottishLiterature #Poetry #ChapmanMagazine #McNaughtansBookshop #EdinburghBookshop

I finally found an inexpensive copy of George Mackay Brown’s early (1965) volume of poems, The Year of the Whale. The cover design conjures another era altogether, one when—it seems—the publishing of “living” poets was something to be remarked upon.

The Year of the Whale contains one of my favourite of Brown’s poems, The Poet, the text of which is in the 2nd image. I've always thought those last four lines truly haunting.

#GeorgeMackayBrown #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets #Bookstodon

I finally found an inexpensive copy of George Mackay Brown’s early (1965) volume of poems, The Year of the Whale. The cover design conjures another era altogether, one when—it seems—the publishing of “living” poets was something to be remarked upon.

The Year of the Whale contains one of my favourite of Brown’s poems, The Poet, the text of which is in the 2nd image. I've always found those last four lines are truly haunting.

#GeorgeMackayBrown #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets #Bookstodon

I finally found an inexpensive copy of George Mackay Brown’s early (1965) volume of poems, The Year of the Whale. The cover design conjures another era altogether, one when—it seems—the publishing of “living” poets was something to be remarked upon.

The Year of the Whale contains one of my favourite of Brown’s early poems, The Poet, the text of which is in the 2nd image. I've always found last four lines are truly haunting.

#GeorgeMackayBrown #Poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets #Bookstodon

Still in the #introduction phase, I suppose … some #podcasts I listen to during the commute:

#GoneMedieval #TheAncients #SlightlyFoxed #Backlisted
#NASACast #StarTalk
#Shedunnit #LeVarBurtonReads
#WordsToThatEffect

Any recommendation for one focusing on Scottish Lit? Or fans of #GeorgeMackayBrown perhaps?

Thanks again for the welcome!

Currently listening to “Farewell to Stromness” by #PeterMaxwellDavies https://open.spotify.com/track/6QCLEtZDCb1i5Y53f980k8?si=km2_QxPBRkOGLztbxwx8ow

For anyone who might be wondering—what? no one was wondering?—the quotation which appears in my bio (“One thin cry…”) is from the #poem The Wreck of the Archangel by George Mackay Brown. Brown has been, for a long time now, an inspiration to me and a guiding lantern in the gloom.

#GeorgeMackayBrown #poetry #ScottishPoetry #ScottishPoets