Norman MacCaigA collection of 10 posts

Teacher

When I was a teacher teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk o...

Poetry

All those authors there most of whom of course I've never met. That's...

Poetry

And if they haven't got poetry in them there's nothing you can do tha...

Poetry

And the second question can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

Poetry

However I learned something. I thought that if the young person the student h...

Poetry

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

Poetry

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

Poetry

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and peo...

Poetry

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought you can'...

Nature

I'm very gregarious but I love being in the hills on my own.