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Dizziness

The perfect poster for Valentine's Day, or for any other time when falling in love causes us to get weak at the knees. It's a phrase from James Hogg's song 'Love is like a Dizziness'.

Love is like a dizziness
application/pdf iconSPL Poster Dizziness James Hogg.pdf

It Shone

Here's a couple of warm glowing phrases plucked from Alasdair Paterson's poem 'on the library'.

on the library
application/pdf iconSPL Poster It Shone Alasdair Paterson.pdf

On the Library

We've just managed to squeeze onto a poster Alasdair Paterson's lovely long shining poem about libraries at night, when, as he says, 'the lights seem to radiate outwards all the knowledge on the shelves'. 

on the library
application/pdf iconSPL Poster on the library Alasdair Paterson.pdf

The Future Shimmer

It's National Libraries Day on Saturday 4 February. Here's a poster to help you mark the day, celebrating the potential for libraries to shape the future. It uses a phrase from the poem 'The Welcome' by Edwin Morgan. He wrote the poem for the International Federation of Library Authorities (IFLA) conference in 2002. You'll find the full poem in A Book of Lives (Carcanet Press, 2007).

application/pdf iconSPL Poster The Future Shimmer Edwin Morgan.pdf

O Frabjous Day!

One of our favourite phrases from Lewis Carroll's 'Jabberwocky'. A poster for your celebrations - place it anywhere anytime you're feeling joyful!

Jabberwocky
application/pdf iconSPL Poster O Frabjous Day! Lewis Carroll.pdf

A Man's a Man - International Version

Robert Burns is not just admired by Scots - his poems have been translated into many languages. We've created a multi-lingual version of the last verse of 'A Man's a Man For A' That' to celebrate his international fame.
Top to bottom: Esperanto, French, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, German, Scots

A Man's a Man for A' That
application/pdf iconSPL Poster International Robert Burns.pdf

For a Kiss

It's Scotland on New Year's Eve, and Liz Lochhead's poem 'View of Scotland / Love Poem' ends by telling us to seize the day - by seizing a kiss. An ideal poster for New Year's Eve parties, Valentines, or any time, in fact. Liz Lochhead is Scotland's National Poet; you can read more about her work on our National Poet pages.

application/pdf iconSPL Poster For a Kiss Liz Lochhead.pdf

Seas Gang Dry

A phrase plucked from one of the most famous of all love poems, A Red Red Rose by Robert Burns. Perfect for Valentines Day, for expressing undying love in all its forms.

A Red, Red Rose
application/pdf iconSPL Poster Seas Gang Dry Robert Burns.pdf

Commoners of Air

Robert Burns reminds us of the pleasures to be had if we were to wander out and take the air, in this short phrase taken from his poem 'Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet'. To be fixed to a door maybe.

Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
application/pdf iconSPL Poster Commoners of Air Robert Burns.pdf