The many days : selected poems of Norman MacCaig /: selected poems of Norman MacCaig. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Poems.
• Further Information: Note: Edited with an introduction by Roderick Watson.
• Other Names: MacCaig, Norman, 1910-1996; Watson, Roderick, 1943-
• Contents: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; Ineducable Me; Ineducable me; Climbing Suilven; Sleeping compartment; Lord of Creation; Private; Go away, Ariel; Patriot; Small lochs; London to Edinburgh; Portobello waterfront; Journeys; On a beach; Bright day, dark centre; On the pier at Kinlochbervie; Emblems: after her illness; Sargasso Sea; By the Three Lochans; Hugh MacDiarmid; After his death; Grand-daughter visiting; To be a leaf; Between mountain and sea; One of the Many Days; One of the many days; Feeding ducks; Goat; Byre; Fetching cows; Blind horse; Frogs; Basking shark. Wild oatsSparrow; Blackbird in a sunset bush; Ringed plover by a water's edge; Dipper; Toad; Blue tit on a string of peanuts; My last word on frogs; Our neighbour's cat; Gin trap; Likenesses; Likenesses; Instrument and agent; Summer farm; Linguist; Leaving the Museum of Modern Art; Painting -- 'The Blue Jar'; Helpless collector; No choice; Recipe; Also; No end to them; Landscape and I; Among Scholars; Among scholars; Midnight, Lochinver; Crofter's kitchen, evening; By Achmelvich bridge; Neglected graveyard, Luskentyre; Moment musical in Assynt; Two shepherds; Aunt Julia; Uncle Roderick. The Red Well, HarrisCountry dance; Return to Scalpay; Praise of a road; Praise of a collie; Praise of a boat; Praise of a thorn bush; Fishermen's pub; Off Coigeach Point; Old Highland woman; Two men at once; Old Maps and New; Old maps and new; High Street, Edinburgh; Celtic cross; Crossing the Border; Two thieves; A man in Assynt; Old Edinburgh; Battlefield near Inverness; Rewards and furies; Queen of Scots; At the Loch of the Pass of the Swans; Characteristics; From My Window; From my window; November night, Edinburgh; Edinburgh courtyard in July; Hotel room, 12th floor. Last night in New YorkAntique shop window; Milne's Bar; Gone are the days; Neighbour; University staff club; Edinburgh stroll; Five minutes at the window; Foggy night; Balances; Balances; Equilibrist; Spate in winter midnight; July evening; Visiting hour; Assisi; Smuggler; Interruption to a journey; Vestey's well; Notations of ten summer minutes; Intruder in a set scene; Adrift; Sea change; Two skulls; So many summers; Sounds of the Day; Small boy; Old poet; In That Other World; Loch Sionascaig; Descent from the Green Corrie; Memorial; Old man thinking. Notes on a winter journey, and a footnoteA. K. MacLeod; Praise of a man; In memoriam; Found guilty; Myself after her death 1, 2, 3; Her illness; Angus's dog; From Poems for Angus; In that other world; A Man in My Position; Party; Names; Perfect evening, Loch Roe; Water tap; Incident; Song without music; Estuary; A man in my position; Index of Poem Titles; Biographical Notes.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Polygon
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 127 pages)
• Subjects: 821.914; Scottish poetry; Poésie écossaise; FICTION -- General; Scottish poetry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857907808; 9780857907806
• Related ISBNs: 9781846971716; 1846971713
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.