literature

<p>Fade then, light; but longing never will.<br>Midsummer makes the west spectacular<br>and even gives its last glow a show<br>of reluctance, as if it had postponed<br>midnight…</p><p>—Edwin Morgan, “21 June”<br>Published in CATHURES (Carcanet, 2002)</p><p><a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857546170/cathures/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857546170/cathures/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.carcanet.co.uk/97818575461</span><span class="invisible">70/cathures/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/midsummer/" rel="tag">#midsummer</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a></p>

<p>In winter I get up at night<br>And dress by yellow candle-light.<br>In summer, quite the other way,<br>I have to go to bed by day…</p><p>—Robert Louis Stevenson, “Bed in Summer”<br>published in A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> 3poetry <a href="/tags/summer/" rel="tag">#summer</a> <a href="/tags/kidlit/" rel="tag">#kidlit</a> <a href="/tags/19thcentury/" rel="tag">#19thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/victorian/" rel="tag">#Victorian</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/robertlouisstevenson/" rel="tag">#RobertLouisStevenson</a></p>

<p>The story of Nastenka: Why &#x27;White Nights&#x27; is taking the world by storm</p><p>by Aakanksha Sharma</p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li</span><span class="invisible">fe-style/books/web-stories/the-story-of-nastenka-why-white-nights-is-taking-the-world-by-storm/photostory/121987234.cms</span></a></p><p>White Nights at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36034</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>My seventy-seven-year-old father<br>put his reading glasses on<br>to help my mother do the buttons<br>on the back of her dress…</p><p>—“George Square”, by Jackie Kay<br>LIFE MASK (Bloodaxe, 2005)</p><p>Hear Jackie Kay read this poem on the Poetry Archive: </p><p><a href="https://poetryarchive.org/poem/george-square/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="poetryarchive.org/poem/george-square/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">poetryarchive.org/poem/george-</span><span class="invisible">square/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/peace/" rel="tag">#peace</a></p>

<p>It is a land of wee<br>hard men and all I<br>am wanted for is to<br>stand and cheer…</p><p>Prof Alan Riach considers the life &amp; work of the poet &amp; playwright Joan Ure (1918–1978) – born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 22 June</p><p>1/6</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/17455955.joan-ure-the-scots-poet-and-playwright-who-set-a-precedent/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thenational.scot/news/17455955.joan-ure-the-scots-poet-and-playwright-who-set-a-precedent/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thenational.scot/news/1745</span><span class="invisible">5955.joan-ure-the-scots-poet-and-playwright-who-set-a-precedent/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/poet/" rel="tag">#poet</a> <a href="/tags/drama/" rel="tag">#drama</a> <a href="/tags/playwright/" rel="tag">#playwright</a> <a href="/tags/20thcentury/" rel="tag">#20thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/womenwriters/" rel="tag">#womenwriters</a></p>

<p>W.H. Auden’s 1941 Syllabus Asked Students to Read 32 Great Literary Works, Totaling 6,000 Pages</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openculture.com/2025/07/w-</span><span class="invisible">h-audens-1941-syllabus-asked-students-to-read-32-great-literary-works-totaling-6000-pages.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>He picked up a pebble<br>and threw it into the sea.</p><p>And another, and another.<br>He couldn’t stop…</p><p>—Norman MacCaig, “Small Boy”<br>Published in The Poems of Norman MacCaig, Birlinn 2011</p><p><a href="https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-poems-of-norman-maccaig/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="birlinn.co.uk/product/the-poems-of-norman-maccaig/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">birlinn.co.uk/product/the-poem</span><span class="invisible">s-of-norman-maccaig/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/normanmaccaig/" rel="tag">#NormanMacCaig</a></p>

<p>Schyr Hanry myssit the noble king…</p><p>Robert I, King of Scots, killed Sir Henry de Bohun in single combat on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 23 June 1314. The epic vernacular poem “The Brus” by John Barbour (c.1320–1395) describes the event</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/aboutus/resources/stella/projects/starn/poetry/the-brus/book-12/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/aboutus/resources/stella/projects/starn/poetry/the-brus/book-12/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical</span><span class="invisible">/aboutus/resources/stella/projects/starn/poetry/the-brus/book-12/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a> <a href="/tags/14thcentury/" rel="tag">#14thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/middleages/" rel="tag">#MiddleAges</a> <a href="/tags/bannockburn/" rel="tag">#Bannockburn</a> <a href="/tags/epic/" rel="tag">#epic</a> <a href="/tags/vernacular/" rel="tag">#vernacular</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a></p>

<p>She’s goat her legs oot –<br>her foldin plastic chair<br>oan the gress at Glesga Green –<br>an her airms an enough<br>creamy dimpled bosom<br>tae please Renoir…</p><p>—Sheila Templeton, “Glesga Fair”<br>published in Songs of Other Places: New Writing Scotland 32 (ASL, 2014)</p><p>Happy Fair Weekend to all the Glasgow Fairies!</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/glasgow/" rel="tag">#Glasgow</a> <a href="/tags/glasgowfair/" rel="tag">#GlasgowFair</a></p>

<p>The Man He Killed </p><p>by Thomas Hardy</p><p><a href="https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2025/07/the-man-he-killed-by-thomas-hardy-2.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2025/07/the-man-he-killed-by-thomas-hardy-2.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/th</span><span class="invisible">e_best_american_poetry/2025/07/the-man-he-killed-by-thomas-hardy-2.html</span></a></p><p>Books by Thomas Hardy at PG:</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/23" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/23"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/23</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Dear Deirdre: The Japanese American Agony Aunt</p><p>Using the nom de plume Deirdre, California-born writer Mary “Mollie” Oyama Mittwer offered advice on changing gender roles and cross-ethnic relationships.</p><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-the-japanese-american-agony-aunt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-the-japanese-american-agony-aunt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daily.jstor.org/dear-deirdre-t</span><span class="invisible">he-japanese-american-agony-aunt/</span></a></p><p>Japanese literature at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Japanese+literature" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Japanese+literature"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">cts/search/?query=Japanese+literature</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Leibniz vs. Voltaire</p><p>What does it mean for this world to be the “best possible world,” even with the obvious existence of evil? Leibniz and Voltaire weigh in.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/is-this-best-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/is-this-best-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/is-this-b</span><span class="invisible">est-all-possible-worlds-leibniz-voltaire/</span></a></p><p>Voltaire and Leibniz at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/913"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/913</span></a><br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7168"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/7168</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 24 June, in 1314, the Scottish army under King Robert I destroyed a much larger English invasion force at Bannockburn, in one of the most decisive battles in medieval history. In 1793 Robert Burns composed “Scots Wha Hae”, originally entitled “Robert Bruce’s March To Bannockburn”</p><p>⚔️🧵</p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bannockburn/" rel="tag">#Bannockburn</a> <a href="/tags/battleofbannockburn/" rel="tag">#BattleofBannockburn</a> <a href="/tags/14thcentury/" rel="tag">#14thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/medieval/" rel="tag">#medieval</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/18thcentury/" rel="tag">#18thcentury</a> <a href="/tags/robertburns/" rel="tag">#RobertBurns</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/callforpapers/" rel="tag">#CallForPapers</a> for <a href="/tags/onlineconference/" rel="tag">#OnlineConference</a>: Thinking of the Children: <a href="/tags/bookbans/" rel="tag">#BookBans</a>, <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#Censorship</a>, and <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> for Young People</p><p>For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from <a href="/tags/scholars/" rel="tag">#scholars</a> at all career stages, from <a href="/tags/librarians/" rel="tag">#librarians</a> and <a href="/tags/archivists/" rel="tag">#archivists</a>, and from <a href="/tags/teachers/" rel="tag">#teachers</a> at all levels, to consider <a href="/tags/bookbanning/" rel="tag">#BookBanning</a> and censorship of literature for young people, past and present. <br><a href="/tags/yalit/" rel="tag">#YALit</a> <a href="/tags/ya/" rel="tag">#YA</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a> <a href="/tags/cfp/" rel="tag">#CFP</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p><p><a href="https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/</span><span class="invisible">cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people</span></a></p>

<p>Why Jane Austen is definitely not just for girls</p><p>Razor-sharp satires of social and gendered inequalities, Austen’s novels are full of witty observations and universally relatable experiences.</p><p>By Shelley Galpin</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/why-jane-austen-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/why-jane-austen-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/why-jane-a</span><span class="invisible">usten-is-definitely-not-just-for-girls-259193?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2015%202025%20-%203452735167+CID_7cf9bd9e8dcfb0ac08e017fc488ea1d8&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Why%20Jane%20Austen%20is%20definitely%20not%20just%20for%20girls</span></a></p><p>Jane Austen at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a></p>

<p>I hate midsummer in the north.<br>There’s no night to speak of,<br>just day in and day in<br>with maybe a slight hesitancy<br>about two o’clock in the morning…</p><p>—Alasdair Maclean, “I Hate Midsummer in the North”<br>published in From the Wilderness (Gollancz, 1973)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/midsummer/" rel="tag">#midsummer</a></p>

<p>Here lies our land: every airt<br>Beneath swift clouds, glad glints of sun,<br>Belonging to none but itself…</p><p>—Kathleen Jamie, “Here lies our land”</p><p>This poem was commissioned in 2014 to mark the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn – fought <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 24 June, 1314. The poem is inscribed on the Bannockburn monument.</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/here-lies-our-land/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/here-lies-our-land/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/here-lies-our-land/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/bannockburn/" rel="tag">#Bannockburn</a> <a href="/tags/battleofbannockburn/" rel="tag">#BattleofBannockburn</a></p>

<p>The Kirk Sessions: an evening of poetry &amp; music<br>3 April, Kirriemuir. Tickets £12/£10</p><p>Poetry from Kathleen Jamie, Don Paterson, John Glenday, Lesley Harrison &amp; Lisa Brockwell, with music from David Ogilvy &amp; Don Paterson</p><p><a href="https://www.northseapoets.com/events/the-kirk-sessions-an-evening-of-poetry-and-music" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.northseapoets.com/events/the-kirk-sessions-an-evening-of-poetry-and-music"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.northseapoets.com/events/t</span><span class="invisible">he-kirk-sessions-an-evening-of-poetry-and-music</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a></p>

<p>The Literary Encyclopedia, an author-owned not-for-profit publication, is seeking new editors for its Scottish literature section. Section editors, who must hold a PhD, commission &amp; edit entries (~2000–2500 words) in their fields of expertise.</p><p>@litstudies </p><p><a href="https://www.litencyc.com/litencycdescribed.php" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.litencyc.com/litencycdescribed.php"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.litencyc.com/litencycdescr</span><span class="invisible">ibed.php</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Today, 16 July, is <a href="/tags/worldsnakeday/" rel="tag">#WorldSnakeDay</a> – so here is “Siesta of a Hungarian Snake”, by Edwin Morgan 🐍 </p><p>Published in New Selected Poems (Carcanet, 2012)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/concretepoetry/" rel="tag">#concretepoetry</a> <a href="/tags/snake/" rel="tag">#snake</a> <a href="/tags/snakes/" rel="tag">#snakes</a> <a href="/tags/edwinmorgan/" rel="tag">#EdwinMorgan</a></p>

<p>Literary translation as a linguistic survival strategy | John Corbett</p><p>Technology can threaten minority languages such as Scots &amp; Nuosu. Prof Corbett argues that literary translation can, among other things, support minority languages &amp; sustain traditional cultures.</p><p>This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7nS6_C_KE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7nS6_C_KE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7nS6</span><span class="invisible">_C_KE</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/translation/" rel="tag">#translation</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/minoritylanguages/" rel="tag">#minoritylanguages</a></p>

<p>The grey roots circle thee, who never knew<br>At any hour within thy travels lone<br>A human shape but mine…</p><p>—Olive Fraser, “The Adder of Quinag”<br>First published in The Pure Account (Aberdeen University Press, 1981), &amp; included in The Wrong Music (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://bookish.community/@canongatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>canongatebooks</span></a></span> 1989)</p><p>A poem for <a href="/tags/worldsnakeday/" rel="tag">#WorldSnakeDay</a> 🐍</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-quinag/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/adder-quinag/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/adder-quinag/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#naturewriting</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/highlands/" rel="tag">#highlands</a> <a href="/tags/snake/" rel="tag">#snake</a> <a href="/tags/snakes/" rel="tag">#snakes</a></p>

<p>What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche</p><p>Matthew Gavin Frank Explores the Dark Side of Our Desire to Explore the Ocean’s Depths</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-submersibles-reveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/what-submersibles-reveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-submersibles-r</span><span class="invisible">eveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/</span></a></p><p>Submarines at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/114" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/114"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/114</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Remember, man, that thou art dust.</p><p>The earl kneels, the ash of the end is written on his brow.</p><p>A captain of ships kneels, to be put in mind of a death in a far port, or at home, or on a rock of the sea.</p><p>And the boy that holds cinders for the priest,<br>His forehead is smeared,<br>Who wears a coat of fourteen Aprils…</p><p>—George Mackay Brown, “Ash Wednesday”<br>Published in TRAVELLERS (John Murray, 2013)</p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#religion</a> <a href="/tags/georgemackaybrown/" rel="tag">#GeorgeMackayBrown</a> <a href="/tags/orkney/" rel="tag">#Orkney</a> <a href="/tags/ashwednesday/" rel="tag">#AshWednesday</a></p>

<p>Der a ön o haet ida gairden here,<br>Whaar da sun-flooer proodly staands,<br>An dark-red roses trowe da green<br>Laek da lowe fae fiery braands…</p><p>—T.A. Robertson (“Vagaland”), “Haem Tochts”<br>published in The Collected Poems of Vagaland (Shetland Times, 1975)</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/haem-tochts/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/haem-tochts/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.</span><span class="invisible">uk/poem/haem-tochts/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/shetland/" rel="tag">#Shetland</a> <a href="/tags/shetlandic/" rel="tag">#Shetlandic</a></p>