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, 9 May 2023
The Poems: Muninn & Huginn Pamphlet 188
Title: Muninn & Huginn (Pamphlet no 188) Front Cover : a photo from a Vendel era helmet Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow Copyright: Sheena Blackhall May 2023 Limited print run of 50 copies Acknowledgements In Norse myth, Huginn (Old Norse, thought) and Muninn (Old Norse, memory)
are the two ravens that fly all over the world and bring back information to the god Odin. Odin only drank wine and spoke only in poetry.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.Sheena Blackhall copyright May 2023