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.
Tuesday, 24 January 2023
The Poems: Doppelganger
Title: Doppelganger (Pamphlet no 184)Front Cover: freepik evgeniibashta online Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow Copyright: Sheena Blackhall January 2023 Limited print run of 50 copies
Our Sustainable Development Journey was written to perform at the visit by the Camilla, the Queen Consort to Aberdeen University on 19/1/23. The event was held to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen Consort as the University’s Chancellor. The event featured an update on the University's 2040 commitment to sustainability, highlighting current academic, operational and community initiatives. In Memoriam, Andrew Philip Watt was written to read as a tribute at the funeral of Philip Watt, farmer, New Deer, who was not only a kinsman but patriarch of the Philip family. With his wife Vicki he funded several of my poetry pamphlets. Two Doric Limericks were written in response to a request by Dan Ryder, a lyricist and painter who paints his own limericks as murals. His public work often focuses on the local culture and history of places. He intends to approach Nuart to seek a commission to paint one these limericks. Many of these poems were written on a writing retreat at Myres Castle led by Sukhema and Ratnadevi on Mindfulness & Tai Chi. Sheena Blackhall copyright Jan 2023