The Poems: Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey

Title: Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey. Cover: Anarcha, Lucy and Betsey from the web Printed by Retro Overflow Pamphlet no 214 For more information on publications by Sheena Blackhall see www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/index/html. www.poemhunter.com 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 https://sheenablackhall.wordpress.com/ showcases over 2,000 poems in themes, set up and edited by Pauline Cordiner, storyteller Some of these poems were read at Aberdeen university’s Wayword festival, and at the Doric Festival in the city at St Margaret’s Kirk. The poem, Robert Fergusson, was published in ‘O’er a’ my labours sey your skill’: Poetic Responses to Robert Fergusson (9781739207762) , Taproot Press. Marking two hundred and fifty years since the death of Robert Fergusson, this collection of poems in Scottish, English and Gaelic from Scotland’s most celebrated writers and emerging poets alike evoke his enduring impact upon their work. Thanks are due to Malfranteaux Concept for publishing this volume, and to guest writer Kenna Anderson for setting up and editing the linked in version, and for her three poems, of which she writes: ‘I’ve long lamented the beauty in the change of our seasons. With each arrival igniting memories within my soul of days gone by and hopes of new seasons to come. These seasons that merge seamlessly together, echo the seasons and chapters of my life, and the colours and richness in contrast, make me embrace the detail in the delicate balance of time that nature offers.Red, my colour of connection can be found in them all – September, the season of my birth, and in the summer days with my daughter I love and live for.’ Many poems were written on a trip to the Fort William-Mallaig area in late September inspired by that Highland area. Sheena Blackhall copyright October 2025