#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
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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”
6/7
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-tyrants/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyranny
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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”
6/7
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/time-tyrants/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyranny
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #scifi #sciencefiction #scifipoetry
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #scifi #sciencefiction #scifipoetry
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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
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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…—“Song”, by William Soutar (1898–1943)
published in William Soutar: Collected Works vol. 1 (Tippermuir Books, 2024)https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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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…—“Song”, by William Soutar (1898–1943)
published in William Soutar: Collected Works vol. 1 (Tippermuir Books, 2024)https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyrants #tyrrany #authoritarian
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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/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #tyrants #tyrrany #authoritarian
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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
5/6
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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
5/6
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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”
4/6
https://allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-Song-by-William-Soutar
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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”
4/6
https://allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-Song-by-William-Soutar
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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 poetical science-fiction extravaganza
3/6
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #sciencefiction #scifi
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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 poetical science-fiction extravaganza
3/6
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #sciencefiction #scifi
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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 history
2/6
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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 history
2/6
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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 🎂 🧵
1/6
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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 🎂 🧵
1/6
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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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.
https://www.perthshireboxoffice.com/whats-on/william-soutar-poetry-walk
#Scottish #literature #poet #poetry #Perth #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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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.
https://www.perthshireboxoffice.com/whats-on/william-soutar-poetry-walk
#Scottish #literature #poet #poetry #Perth #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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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 2024April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland (“gowk” is a cuckoo &, by extension, a foolish person)
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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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 2024April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland (“gowk” is a cuckoo &, by extension, a foolish person)
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #WilliamSoutar
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Perth’s Poet, William Soutar
23 Feb, Auchterarder – freePaul 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
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-about-perths-poet-william-soutar-tickets-1231766850809
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Perth #Perthshire #WilliamSoutar #20thCentury
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Perth’s Poet, William Soutar
23 Feb, Auchterarder – freePaul 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
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-about-perths-poet-william-soutar-tickets-1231766850809
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #Perth #Perthshire #WilliamSoutar #20thCentury