The Poems: The Devil's Pulpit

Title: The Devil’s Pulpit, Finnich Glen (Pamphlet no 186)Front Cover : on-line photo of the scene Published by Malfranteaux Concepts Printed by Retro Overflow Copyright: Sheena Blackhall March 2023 Limited print run of 50 copies.The Enemy Inside was commissioned by Asif Khan of the Scottish Poetry Library which is partnering with Parkinson's UK Scotland to mark World Parkinson’s Day on 11 April. It will be published on their social media platforms.Ukraine was written after a dinner with the confraternity of the Knights of the Most Holy Trinity, hosted by Grand Prior Albert Thomson, where two Ukrainian guests, Mariya Pavlova and Inna MacLeod, related stories of the suffering in their homeland. They have set up an Association of Ukrainians in Aberdeen. 2,000 refugees from Ukraine have now settled in the city. The poem was published in the Knights of the Most Holy Trinity’s magazine, issue 61 of The Northern Light. Overheard at Wetherspoons and Bullied was published in the anthology Tales Frae the Doric Side, a collaboration between spoken word artist and writer Jo Gilbert, The Friends of Elphinstone, and the Elphinstone Institute at the University of Aberdeen. It was funded by Aberdeen City Council Creative Funding. The anthology was published through Doric Books – a community interest company dedicated to promoting NE Scots. CEO Jackie Ross said “Doric Books are fair trickit tae be publishin iss anthology. It's sairly needed fur e secondary skweels. It'll be gran tae hae a hantle o contemporary screivins in e Doric aat'll appeal tae teenagers an aulder fowk as weel.” 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 March 2023