An early ballad by Helen Adam: “The Shoe Song”
Richard Owens has provided us with the transcribed text of Helen Adam’s “The Shoe Song,” which was collected in the book titled The Elfin Pedlar. He also shared with us a photograph of the...
Tagged: Scottish poetry
ModPo is coming to Scotland!
Each year, the ModPo team leaves the Kelly Writers House and takes ModPo on the road. This year, in a few weeks, we will be traveling to Scotland! While we’re in Scotland, we have organized two meet-ups. We...
Three excerpts from Hugh MacDiarmid’s “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle”—new videos with Christie Williamson
We have now added Hugh MacDiarmid’s “A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle” to the ModPoPLUS syllabus for week 3. Or, to be more precise, we discuss three passages from that long poem. Joining...