
- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. This, her debut collection, published in 1972, was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a new voice, tackling subjects that resonated with readers – as it still does. Her poetry paved the way, and inspired, countless new voices including Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy. Still writing and performing today, fifty years on from her first book of poetry, Liz Lochhead has been awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and was Scotland’s second modern Makar, succeeding Edwin Morgan. Memo for Spring is accessible, vital and always as honest as it is hopeful. Driving through this collection are themes of pain, acceptance, loss and triumph.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Revelation
- Poem for Other Poor Fools
- How Have I Been
- On Midsummer Common
- Fragmentary
- The Visit
- After a Warrant Sale
- Phoenix
- Daft Annie on Our Village Mainstreet
- Obituary
- Morning After
- Inventory
- Grandfather’s Room
- For My Grandmother Knitting
- Something I’m Not
- Poem on a Day Trip
- Overheard by a Young Waitress
- Notes on the Inadequacy of a Sketch
- Letter from New England
- Getting Back
- Box Room
- Song for Coming Home
- George Square
- Man on a Bench
- Carnival
- Cloakroom
- The Choosing
- Homilies from Hospital
- Object
- Wedding March
- Riddle-Me-Ree
- Memo to Myself for Spring