Fugitive Colours

This stunning collection from Liz Lochhead encompasses a life enriched with people, places and relationships; it is with humour and empathy that these relationships are captured, remembered and honoured in moments of joy and poignancy. There is sadness, truth, hope and optimism throughout the five sections in this collection, and each is varied in scope but are woven together as part of a life. It marks the end of Liz Lochhead’s term as Makar (Poet Laureate, 2011-2016) and features never before published work alongside poems written during her time as Makar.

Reviews of Fugitive Colours

'The most striking aspect of Fugitive Colours, as with all her work, is its directness. She could be talking to the reader over a tearoom table, so conversational and confiding is its tone. Her eagerness to tell a story fills the pages' – Rosemary Goring, Herald; 'An eclectic mix of the poignant, the quirky and the playful. …Delighting in language and rhythm, and free with her allusions, she always makes her meaning clear' – Mark Fisher, Scotsman