Image: Jess takes down a concrete poetry exhibit
In a new blog feature, our Kay interviews some of the people that the SPL is lucky enough to have volunteer with us. We begin by chatting to Jess. If you would like to find out more about volunteering at the SPL, download an application form here.
Image: John Hegley by Jackie di Stefano
If there is one thing you can’t fault John Hegley for, it’s his titles. His collections have been variously called Visions of the Bone Idol (Poems about Dogs and Glasses), The Brother-in-Law and Other Animals, Glad to Wear Glasses (Glad to Have Ears), Beyond our Kennel, My Dog is a Carrot, Uncut Confetti, and, out this month, his latest, Peace, Love & Potatoes.
Rarely a day goes by at the Scottish Poetry Library without an inquiry about the mysterious book sculptures that were discovered in various Edinburgh venues throughout 2011. The first and the last of the sculptures were discovered in the SPL. The only question asked more often than ‘Do you know the identity of the sculptor?’ is ‘When will an exhibition of sculptures take place?’ The waiting is over.
Image: Martin O’Donnell’s Boat by Alice Myers
Lord Byron by hummingcrow, under a Creative Commons licence
How Scottish was Byron? Blessed with a baronetcy and educated at Dulwich, Harrow and Cambridge, he might, in other circumstances, be seen as a pillar of the English establishment. He only spent 10 years of his life in Scotland, his first decade more or less, and once he left, he never returned, at least not in person; his imagination is another matter.
Wuthering Heights by Scott MacLeod Liddle, under a Creative Commons license
The raven (Edgar Allan Poe) by Kevin Dooley, under a Creative Commons license
Hollywood Sign by Vlastula under a Creative Commons licence
Library by aha42 | tehaha under a Creative Commons license
detective by olarte.ollie under a Creative Commons license
Songs of Love and Hate (back) by svennevenn under a Creative Commons license
If ‘Tam O’Shanter’ is Scots’ favourite Burns poem, why?
