Literacy

Edwin Morgan Poems

Image of Edwin Morgan's typewriter

The Edwin Morgan resource for Scottish schools will include 27 of Edwin's poems.

They range from limericks and short poems suitable for early years to extracts from translations and longer poems suitable for Higher pupils.

A number of Edwin's poems are available to read online and also to listen to in audio clips.

The Loch Ness Monster's Song
The White Rhinoceros
The Third Day of the Wolf
The First Men on Mercury
Strawberries
One Cigarette
Spacepoem 3: Off Course
Outward Bound
My Visit to St Petersburg
Urban Gunfire
Canedolia - an off-concrete Scotch fantasia
The Poet in the City
Open the Doors!
The Apple's Song
In the Snack Bar
Death in Duke Street







(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.

Related Links

  • Edwin Morgan Archive

    Held at the Scottish Poetry Library it is the largest collection of his work. The website contains teaching ideas and resources.