Map for the Blind, A: Poems chiefly in the Scots language

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Written mostly in Scots, Rab Wilson's A Map for the Blind deals with topics ranging from satirical social commentary to sublime shots of everyday life with his characteristic wit and insight.

From a poignant reflection into the 'black hairt' of the coal industry, to a nostalgic and spirited look at classic bicycles, to wondering if anyone was listening to 'Holy Gordon's Prayer', Rab Wilson delivers a vibrant picture of Scotland which we can't fail to recognise.

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Title	Map for the Blind, A: Poems chiefly in the Scots language
Author	Rab Wilson
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9781906817824
No. of Pages	156
Series	N/A
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Author Bio	RAB WILSON was born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in 1960. After an engineering apprenticeship with the National Coal Board he left the pits following the miners? strike of 1984?5 to become a psychiatric nurse. As a Scots poet, his work has appeared in The Herald as well as Chapman, Lallans and Markings magazines.   Rab has performed his work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the StAnza poetry festival at St Andrews, the ?Burns an a? That? Festival at Ayr, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Wickerman Festival, and many other gatherings large and small. He was ?Bard of the Festival? at Wigtown, Scotland?s National Book Town. Additionally, Rab is a previous winner of the McCash Poetry Prize and for the past three years has been the ?Robert Burns Writing Fellow ? In Reading Scots? for Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association. Currently a member of the Scots Language Resource Centre?s national council, Rab also sat recently on the Ministerial Advisory Group on Scots Language at the Holyrood Parliament. He is a ?weel-kent? advocate for Scots writing. He now lives in New Cumnock with his wife Margaret and daughter Rachel.
Back Cover Copy	When ah saw the wark o this lassie, wha wis developin a software programme fir fowk wi a visual impairment, the penny suddenly drapt; that poems kindae duin the same joab - they make a pynt or reveal tae us a truth that aiblins we cuidnae see afore. An thon's the magic thing that poetry dis! - RAB WILSON Written mostly in Scots, Rab Wilson's A Map for the Blind deals with topics ranging from satirical social commentary to sublime shots of everyday life with his characteristic wit and insight. From a poignant reflection into the 'black hairt' of the coal industry, to a nostalgic and spirited look at classic bicycles, to wondering if anyone was listening to 'Holy Gordon's Prayer', Rab Wilson delivers a vibrant picture of Scotland which we can't fail to recognise. PRAISE FOR RAB WILSON   Rab Wilson is one of the best poets now working in Scotland. In the interest of his language,subject matter, form of address, development of style and perspective and tone, he is far more curious and willing to take risks than almost all of his contemporaries. - PROFESSOR ALANRIACH   ...poetry to rival the best published in Scotland, or written by a Scot in the past 30 years. Bursting with ambition, technically brilliant and funny. - SCOTLANDON SUNDAY on Accent o the Mind   Executed with great skill and verbal energy... this venerable text is intriging, amusing and ?doonright eccentric?. - PROFESSOR WILLY MALEY on The Ruba?iyat of Omar Khayyam, in Scots
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Table of Contents	poems: part one   Prospects Sma Fowk Eddie @ 90 Eddie?s Fareweel The Art Stall: Buchanan Galleries 100 Books That Failed To Change My Life Morrissey versus Mussorgsky Blue Skies Thinkin The Sycamore at Calton Of What Does Water Sing? Bull Last Entry Vandals Love ?n? Hate Radio, Radio? Lorry Load o Christmas Trees Frae the Zen o Mut Li   the coal   A Selection of the Poems written for the film documentary Finding the Seam The Coal Disaster Ghaists The Great Stariski   poems: part two   Pure AA Dyslexic Single Fare A Modest Proposal, 2010 Holy Gordon?s Prayer The Health and Safety Man Vote Conlabourative! The Execution Wull Be Televised That Wis When He Whackt Him! Bad Day at Fraggle Rock A Sonnet Oan Ma Birthday Kemp?s Stane Ahab Hamecomin Tony Answers to a Higher Power Ah Met the Truth the Day Sons o Selgovae! Napoleon?s Gairden Paradise Lost Poised Languidly Upon a Coign of Vantage Big Davie Sang Chuang Tzu?s Empty Boat Villa Visitant Radio Phone-In The Sound of One Hand Clapping   1957 flying scot   A Sonnet Redoubl? Elegy   poems: part three   In Memoriam: Ted Hughes Differences At the Funeral o Jimmy Reid Old Song Wee Sheila Shairpnin Machine Picks   sangs oan the daith o bairns Mahler?s Kindertotenlieder: A Scots Libretto   ?Nun will die Sonn? so hell aufgeh?n? ?Nun seh ich wohl? ?Wenn dein M?tterlein? ?Oft denk? ich, sie sind nur ausgeganen? ?In diesem Wetter!? Robin Hood, Robin Hood? Gau?n?s Desk Fiddler?s Bid ?Stridin Forrit!? Oan Windyhill Man With Toilet Seat Beneath His Arm Brekdoun Fashion Victims Attack Frog This Display Case Is Empty Fairport Convention at the Theatre Royal, Dumfries Blue Smoke The Bladnoch Dram Dalai Lama Dilemma Anok Sabe?s Complaint An Christmas Cam tae Sauchiehall Street A Map for the Blind
BISAC Subject	POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
BIC Subject	Poetry by individual poets

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