Kenneth Steven's 'tell us a story, they said' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2012 by editors Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh. It appears in A Song among the Stones (Polygon, 2012).

'tell us a story, they said' by Kenneth Steven

This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2020. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2020 was Janette Ayachi.

Voices: Johanna Linsley (http://www.jhlinsley.com), Heather H. Yeung
Sound: Jan Mertens

'Song of the Sevens' by Heather Yeung

This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2020. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2020 was Janette Ayachi.

'Headlamps' by Marjorie Lotfi Gill

This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2020. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The Scots editor in 2020 was Thomas Clark.

'Afore a Nicht Oot' by Paul Malgrati

'At My Father's Funeral' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2012 by editors Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh. It appears in  London Review of Books (26th January 2012).

At My Father's Funeral By John Burnside

"Goldcrest" read by poet Tom Pow. This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

Goldcrest by Tom Pow

McGuire is a young Scottish poet, sometimes described as a performance poet, who is pushing the boundaries of what poetry has to say with hilarious and uncompromising material. In 'Glesga Boys', he turns his attention to Scottish masculinity.

Glesga Boys

'Wit is it' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2012 by editors Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh. It appears in Bevel (Carcanet, 2012).

Wit is it By William Letford

"BJ 581 in Birka or Androcentrism in Archeology" read by poet Vivien Jones. 
This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor for 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

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BJ 581  in Birka by Vivien Jones

"The shepherdess" read by poet Molly Vogel. This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor for 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

The shepherdess by Molly Vogel

"How to burn a woman" read  by Claire Askew. This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor for 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

How to Burn a Woman by Claire Askew

"Flying Bats" read by poet Hannah Lavery. This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor for 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

Flying Bats  by Hannah Lavery

'All my words' read by poet Regi Claire. This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2021. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor for 2021 was Hugh McMillan.

All my words by Regi Claire

'Feart' by Liz Niven appears in the SPL-published collection The Thing That Mattered Most, a lively and imaginative anthology packed with brand new poems, for young people aged 8-13: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/shop/catalogue/thing-mattered-most-scottish-poems-children

Feart

'Be the First to Like This' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2013 by editor David Robinson. It appears in Gutter 08 (Freight). Image by Gavin McCutcheon.

Be The First To Like This by Theresa Munoz

'The Letter Always Arrives at its Destination' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2013 by editor David Robinson. It appears in Poetry London (Autumn 2013).

The Letter Always Arrives at its Destination By Niall Campbell

Niall O'Gallagher reads 'Duilleag' from Beatha Ùr Clàr, 2013).
Reproduced by permission of the author.

Duilleag by Niall O'Gallagher

This poem was selected for the Scots language section of the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Jo Gilbert.

Yon Hairy Stick - Jo Gilbert

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet John Bolland.

Sweetness - John Bolland

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Agata Maslowska.

Noonwraiths - Agata Maslowska

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet David Kinloch.

'Natural' By David Kinloch

This poem was selected for anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Mary Wight.

Late or early - Mary Wight

This poem is read here by poet Helen Boden.

In Suburbia (iii) - Helen Boden

This poem was selected for the 2022 Best Scottish Poems anthology.  It is being read by the poet Giovanna MacKenna

Silenced by my mother's tongue - Giovanna MacKenna

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Seth Crook, who also writes as Bruach Mhor.

The Unsound Sculptor - Seth Crook (Bruach Mhor)

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Ellen Renton.

One Tree Hill By Ellen Renton

This poem was selected for the anthology Best Scottish Poems 2022. It is read here by poet Helen Boden.

In Suburbia (ii): ways of looking at blossom by Helen Boden

This is the poem that Jackie Kay read after the announcement of her appointment as the third Makar or National Poet for Scotland. The variety of experience that it suggests makes her keenly attuned to the variety of voices in Scotland, and yet the poem also marks her as rooted in a landscape to which she returns again and again.  'Between the Dee and the Don' was originally published in Fiere (Picador, 2011).

Between the Dee and the Don by Jackie Kay

'CSI' by Lindsay MacGregor was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2015 by editor Ken MacLeod.

For more information about Best Scottish Poems 2016, click here: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/best-scottish-poems/best-scottish-poems-2015

CSI by Lindsay MacGregor

'A-rithist' by Peter Mackay was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2015 by editor Ken MacLeod.

For more information about Best Scottish Poems 2016, click here: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/best-scottish-poems/best-scottish-poems-2015

'A-rithist' by Peter Mackay

'This is it' by William Letford was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2016 by editor Catherine Lockerbie.

For more information about Best Scottish Poems 2016, click here: 
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/best-scottish-poems/best-scottish-poems-2016

'This Is It' by William Letford

'I Opened a Book' by Julia Donaldson appears as part of the resources the Scottish Poetry Library has put together to mark National Poetry Day 2017, whose theme is 'freedom.

Julia Donaldson, 'I Opened a Book', from Crazy Mayonnaisy Mum, first published 2004 by Macmillan Children's Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers International Limited. Text copyright belongs to Julia Davidson.

Image: Open Book by Honou, under a Creative Commons licence

I Opened A Book by Julia Donaldson

'The Tradition' by Kathleen Jamie appears as part of the resources the Scottish Poetry Library has put together to mark National Poetry Day 2017, whose theme is 'freedom.

Kathleen Jamie, 'The Tradition', from The Bonniest Companie (Picador, 2015), copyright Kathleen Jamie, reproduced by kind permission of Pan Macmillan through PLSclear.

The Tradition by Kathleen Jamie

'An Tiona' by Peter Mackay appears as part of the resources the Scottish Poetry Library has put together to mark National Poetry Day 2017, whose theme is 'freedom.

Peter Mackay, 'An Tiona', from Gu Leor (Acair, 2015), by permission of the poet.

An Tiona by Peter Mackay

'The Tin' by Peter Mackay appears as part of the resources the Scottish Poetry Library has put together to mark National Poetry Day 2017, whose theme is 'freedom.

Peter Mackay, trans. Ciaran Carson, 'An Tiona / the tin', from Gu Leor (Acair, 2015), by permission of the poets.

the tin by Peter Mackay

Elasticity by Margaret Tait

This poem was included in Best Scottish Poems 2019. Best Scottish Poems is an online publication, consisting of 20 poems chosen by a different editor each year, with comments by the editor and poets. It provides a personal overview of a year of Scottish poetry. The editor in 2019 was Roseanne Watt.

'The Night Watch' by Niall Campbell

'Scotland, You're No Mine' by Hannah Lavery

'The Tear in the Sack' was chosen to appear as part of the Scottish Poetry Library's online anthology Best Scottish Poems 2011 by editor Roddy Lumsden.

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