Ebook: The Many Days: Selected Poems of Norman MacCaig

By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book is a celebration of MacCaig's life - 2010 is the hundredth anniversary of his birth - and it features 100 of his best poems, edited by his son Ewen.;Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; Ineducable Me; Ineducable me; Climbing Suilven; Sleeping compartment; Lord of Creation; Private; Go away, Ariel; Patriot; Small lochs; London to Edinburgh; Portobello waterfront; Journeys; On a beach; Bright day, dark centre; On the pier at Kinlochbervie; Emblems: after her illness; Sargasso Sea; By the Three Lochans; Hugh MacDiarmid; After his death; Grand-daughter visiting; To be a leaf; Between mountain and sea; One of the Many Days; One of the many days; Feeding ducks; Goat; Byre; Fetching cows; Blind horse; Frogs; Basking shark.