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These poems are the result of a protracted bereavement, the more so as the writer's Aunt Elizabeth developed early-onset Alzheimer's and gradually lost her faculties in a manner very painful…
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This haiku collection was written in 2016, recalling a week's visit in September 1997 to an aunt and uncle's house in Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, after meeting with health problems while at…
This book of avian haiku flies on its inspiration from birds. Blue tits, robins and owls are familiar sights closer to home, whereas parrots and flamingos hail from further afield…
In 1688, King James VII of Scotland and II of England was ousted in the so-called 'Glorious Revolution'. Yet in parts of the Scottish Highlands, there was a lingering loyalty…
The author of this novel lived in Aberdeen for 20 years, and it is very much a celebration of the city, especially places in the centre he knew well. Focusing…
This is a collection of haiku in praise of a bumblebee species native to Scotland, bombus lapidaries, so it seemed apt to render it in Scots. The poems alternate between…
These short stories powerfully evoke Scottish landscape, history and architecture. With a keen sense of the past impacting on the present, they are gripping and often moving. The author was…
These poems were written between 1997 and 2003. They evoke a strong sense of Scottish history, on the land and at sea, in places ranging from Aberdeen to Cromarty (the…
These poems were written in 1998 due to a bereavement. My Uncle Fraser, an unusual, talented and remarkable man by any standards, passed away from cancer. These poems were written…
These poems build on the first volume of the same name in looking at local history over the centuries. This one evokes the Pictish (Iron Age and Early Medieval) culture…
Autumn is the best of seasons, combining the last colourful flourishes of summer with the chilly onset of winter. These short poems celebrate the fall of summer, the shortening of…
These haiku offer an intense Gothic celebration of summer. There are portraits of four separate graveyards in the Highlands; interspersed with evocations of the light and beauty of the Summer…
These haiku celebrate winter, a time of warm fires on short, bright days, challenged by darkness and the cold, which comes in various stages of cruelty. The day of the…
These haiku commemorate the visit of a long-term dear friend to the author's part of the world. It was a delight to share his country's art, culture, heritage and walks…
The year is 1903. The pioneering expedition led by Commander Robert Falcon Scott, captaining the Discovery to the South Pole, is already well-documented. For the first time, this narrative also…
These poems are for the comfort of a friend, who suffered the loss of her son from cancer. The writer has borrowed themes from CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia to…
These poems celebrate the lives of bees, which bring joy in many subtle ways into our lives, pollinating flowers and making honey, and bringing variety to our insect world. They…
