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The Keelie Hawk

Poems in Scots

by Kathleen Jamie

Shortlisted for the 2025 Saltires, Scotland's National Book Awards, Poetry Book of the Year

A sensational collection of bilingual poems from the National Poet of Scotland.


The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. This deeply resonant collection is written in Scots, with each poem accompanied by a translation into English. Its publication is a significant event in Scottish literature, not only a reclaiming by one of our finest poets of the mouth-music of literary Scots, but a furthering of that language: "by making poems, a language develops," Jamie observes in a fascinating afterword.
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Pages:

176

Published:

Dec 2024

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Picador

ISBN:

9781529095593

Shortlisted for the 2025 Saltires, Scotland's National Book Awards, Poetry Book of the Year

A sensational collection of bilingual poems from the National Poet of Scotland.


The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. This deeply resonant collection is written in Scots, with each poem accompanied by a translation into English. Its publication is a significant event in Scottish literature, not only a reclaiming by one of our finest poets of the mouth-music of literary Scots, but a furthering of that language: "by making poems, a language develops," Jamie observes in a fascinating afterword.
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