Sheena Blackhall is a writer, illustrator, traditional ballad singer and storyteller in North East Scotland. From 1998-2003 she was Creative Writing Fellow in Scots at the Elphinstone Institute. She has published four Scots novellas, fifteen short story collections and over 200 poetry collections, which are listed here (most recent first). In 2009 she became Makar (poet laureate) for Aberdeen and the North East, and Makar for the Doric Board in 2019.
Friday, 20 May 2022
The Poems: There is no Cow on the Ice
Acknowledgements Title: There’s no Cow on the Ice (Pamphlet no 177 )Cover: Royalty Free online art Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow Copyright: Sheena Blackhall, May 2022 There’s No Snow on the Ice is a Swedish saying, meaning Don’t Worry.Most of these poems were penned on a week’s creative writing retreat at Dhanakosa, Balquidder, incorporating Tai Chi, Meditation & Poetry. The tutors were Linda France and Sukhema (Larry Butler). For more information on publications by Sheena Blackhall visit http://sheenablackhall.blogspot.com or the on line catalogue of the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/index/html All of Blackhall’s poems in Scots & English are now uploaded on www.poemhunter.com . Her website can be found on http://smiddleton4.wix.com/sheena-blackhall. An interview in podcast form with the poet appears on
http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/connect/podcast/sheena-blackhall Thanks are due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume.