Literacy

Edwin Morgan resource

Image of Edwin Morgan Saltire Society portrait

Edwin Morgan has written hundreds of poems and translations on countless subjects and in a dizzying variety of forms and styles from Glasgow Sonnets to science fiction, opera libretto to Concrete poetry, live performance with jazz saxophonist Tommy Smith to the Instamatic poems.

Edwin is widely acclaimed as Scotland's greatest living poet. In 2004 the title of 'Scots Makar' was formally bestowed on Edwin, effectively creating the first 'Poet Laureate' of Scotland.

 

Edwin Morgan interview

Find out about Edwin Morgan by watching this interview conducted by Liz Lochhead.

Edwin Morgan poems

Read and listen to a selection of Edwin Morgan poems online.








(c) Edwin Morgan. Poems appear with kind permission of Carcanet Press and Mariscat Press. Images by kind permission of EdwinMorgan.com. With thanks to Edwin and the Scottish Poetry Library.