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  1. The Garden Beyond

    A dramatised portrayal of the life of William Soutar that explores his poetry & the political & poetical arguments of his age. Written & produced by Douglas Eadie for BBC Omnibus, first broadcast in 1977 – via the Scottish Poetry Library

    7/7

    youtube.com/watch?v=3f4L7Ip6u2k

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  2. The Garden Beyond

    A dramatised portrayal of the life of William Soutar that explores his poetry & the political & poetical arguments of his age. Written & produced by Douglas Eadie for BBC Omnibus, first broadcast in 1977 – via the Scottish Poetry Library

    7/7

    youtube.com/watch?v=3f4L7Ip6u2k

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  3. Fear not the boasts which wound:
    Fear not the threats which bind:
    Always on broken ground
    The seeds fall from the mind…

    —William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”

    6/7

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyranny

  4. Fear not the boasts which wound:
    Fear not the threats which bind:
    Always on broken ground
    The seeds fall from the mind…

    —William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”

    6/7

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyranny

  5. “these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”

    —Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books

    5/7

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  6. “these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”

    —Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books

    5/7

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  7. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —William Soutar, “Song”

    4/7

    allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-So

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  8. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —William Soutar, “Song”

    4/7

    allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-So

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  9. …Man sall tak wings;
    And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
    To bigg his nest in the braid breast
    O’ Cassiopeia
    Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
    Lippen on nae sin…

    —William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a Scots-language science-fiction extravaganza

    3/7

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #scifi #sciencefiction #scifipoetry

  10. …Man sall tak wings;
    And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
    To bigg his nest in the braid breast
    O’ Cassiopeia
    Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
    Lippen on nae sin…

    —William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a Scots-language science-fiction extravaganza

    3/7

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #scifi #sciencefiction #scifipoetry

  11. “…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”

    —Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of literary history

    2/7

    scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  12. “…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”

    —Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of literary history

    2/7

    scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  13. Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue
    But warsles wi’ the thocht—
    There are mair sangs that bide unsung
    Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…

    —“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April

    A 🎂 🧵

    1/7

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  14. Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue
    But warsles wi’ the thocht—
    There are mair sangs that bide unsung
    Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…

    —“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April

    A 🎂 🧵

    1/7

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  15. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —“Song”, by William Soutar (1898–1943)
    published in William Soutar: Collected Works vol. 1 (Tippermuir Books, 2024)

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  16. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —“Song”, by William Soutar (1898–1943)
    published in William Soutar: Collected Works vol. 1 (Tippermuir Books, 2024)

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  17. Fear not the boasts which wound:
    Fear not the threats which bind:
    Always on broken ground
    The seeds fall from the mind…

    —William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”

    6/6

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyrants #tyrrany #authoritarian

  18. Fear not the boasts which wound:
    Fear not the threats which bind:
    Always on broken ground
    The seeds fall from the mind…

    —William Soutar, “In the Time of Tyrants”

    6/6

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyrants #tyrrany #authoritarian

  19. “these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”

    —Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books

    5/6

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  20. “these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”

    —Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books

    5/6

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  21. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —William Soutar, “Song”

    4/6

    allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-So

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  22. Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
    Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
    Babylon blaws by in stour:
    Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…

    —William Soutar, “Song”

    4/6

    allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-So

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  23. …Man sall tak wings;
    And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
    To bigg his nest in the braid breast
    O’ Cassiopeia
    Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
    Lippen on nae sin…

    —William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a poetical science-fiction extravaganza

    3/6

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #sciencefiction #scifi

  24. …Man sall tak wings;
    And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
    To bigg his nest in the braid breast
    O’ Cassiopeia
    Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
    Lippen on nae sin…

    —William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a poetical science-fiction extravaganza

    3/6

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #sciencefiction #scifi

  25. “…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”

    —Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of history

    2/6

    scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  26. “…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”

    —Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of history

    2/6

    scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  27. Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue
    But warsles wi’ the thocht—
    There are mair sangs that bide unsung
    Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…

    —“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April

    A 🎂 🧵

    1/6

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  28. Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue
    But warsles wi’ the thocht—
    There are mair sangs that bide unsung
    Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…

    —“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April

    A 🎂 🧵

    1/6

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage

  29. William Soutar Poetry Walk
    27 April, Perth – free (booking essential)

    Iain Mackintosh & Elliott Boyle of the Friends of William Soutar Society will lead a leisurely walk around Perth to discover William Soutar’s inspirations & celebrate the 127th anniversary of his birth.

    The walk, which is suitable for wheelchair users, takes around two hours.

    perthshireboxoffice.com/whats-

    #Scottish #literature #poet #poetry #Perth #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  30. William Soutar Poetry Walk
    27 April, Perth – free (booking essential)

    Iain Mackintosh & Elliott Boyle of the Friends of William Soutar Society will lead a leisurely walk around Perth to discover William Soutar’s inspirations & celebrate the 127th anniversary of his birth.

    The walk, which is suitable for wheelchair users, takes around two hours.

    perthshireboxoffice.com/whats-

    #Scottish #literature #poet #poetry #Perth #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  31. Ayont the linn; ayont the linn,
    Whaur gowdan wags the gorse,
    A gowk gaed cryin’: “Come ye in:
    I’ve fairins in my purse…”

    —William Soutar, “The Gowk”
    in Collected Published Poetry, @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social 2024

    April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland (“gowk” is a cuckoo &, by extension, a foolish person)

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  32. Ayont the linn; ayont the linn,
    Whaur gowdan wags the gorse,
    A gowk gaed cryin’: “Come ye in:
    I’ve fairins in my purse…”

    —William Soutar, “The Gowk”
    in Collected Published Poetry, @tippermuirbooks.bsky.social 2024

    April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland (“gowk” is a cuckoo &, by extension, a foolish person)

    tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar

  33. Perth’s Poet, William Soutar
    23 Feb, Auchterarder – free

    Paul S. Philippou, editor-in-chief of William Soutar: Collected Works, will showcase the lyric gift – in both Scots & English – of the Perth-born poet William Soutar, a major figure of the 20th-century Scottish literary renaissance

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-about

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Perth #Perthshire #WilliamSoutar #20thCentury

  34. Perth’s Poet, William Soutar
    23 Feb, Auchterarder – free

    Paul S. Philippou, editor-in-chief of William Soutar: Collected Works, will showcase the lyric gift – in both Scots & English – of the Perth-born poet William Soutar, a major figure of the 20th-century Scottish literary renaissance

    eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-about

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Perth #Perthshire #WilliamSoutar #20thCentury