#williamsoutar — Public Fediverse posts
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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
7/7https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f4L7Ip6u2k
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“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
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
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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
https://allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-Song-by-William-Soutar
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…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
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
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“…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
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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
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
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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
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-tyrants/
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