Ecstatics : a language of birds

Observing birds in their landscape : a collaboration with Orkney artist Laura Drever. Published by Brae Editions, Orkney.

Winner of the National Library of Scotland Callum Macdonald Award for Poetry Publishing in 2012.

 

heron

it is the shadow of itself;

it is its shadow.

first the shadow, then the bird.

 

wren

they hide in tree bark

in a branchy wood

of no rain.

 

lapwing

it hides in a fold of turf.

Its eyes are left behind.

 

Published by Brae Editions, Harray, Orkney KW17 2JS. Price 10 pounds. ISBN 1 907508 04 2  www.braeprojects.com