Scottish Love Poems

edited by Edward Crossan, introduction by Liz Lochhead

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.