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 180 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.
Wednesday 27 September 2023
The Poems: The Mithers
Acknowledgements Title: The Mithers (Pamphlet no 193)Front Cover : The Mothers from a woodcut in 1922 by Käthe Kollwitz: Die Mütter Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow October 2023
Limited print run of 50 copies. Thanks are due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume.
Sheena Blackhall copyright October 2023
Some of these poems were written to perform at Aberdeen University’s Wayword Festival, 19/9/23 at the Blue Lamp. Others were inspired by Art work in Aberdeen’s Art Fair at Aberdeen’s Music Hall (Sept 1-3 20230. Still more were written on a research tour of the Loch Lomond National Park.
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