Truth - by
Da answer phone’s caald
/ ublinkin licht
/ accuses me o da crime
/ at darena spaek hit’s nem.
/ “Look at de,” hit…
Language: Shetlandic
Existential paraglidin in Turkey - by
Tinkin on da haert’s topography
/ – heichts wir climmed, jimpit aff a,
/ aa but miracklin wirsels,
/ brinks o banks wir teetered apön –
/ wir…
Christine De Luca
Christine De Luca is a Shetland writer now living in Edinburgh. She writes her poetry in English and in Shetlandic, her mother tongue. She was appointed Edinburgh’s Makar for 2014-2017.
Robert Alan Jamieson
Robert Alan Jamieson is a Shetland-born poet and novelist who writes in, and translates into, his native Shetlandic.
Jim Mainland
Jim Mainland has two poetry collections published by Hansel Press. While most of his work is in English, he has translated a wide variety of poetry into vivid Shetland dialect.
John Peterson
Shetland poet and photographer John (Jack) Peterson was strongly influenced by his experience of the First World War, particularly the Battle of the Somme; the conflict continued to haunt his later writings.
T. A. Robertson
Vagaland, along with William J. Tait, is the most significant of the Shetland poets of the mid-20th century.
Lise Sinclair
A native of Fair Isle, Lise Sinclair was a poet, musician and singer. Her work is found in far-reaching publications, and she set several of Shetland’s poets to music before her early death in 2013.
William J. Tait
Bill Tait was born on the Shetland island of Yell. He studied at Edinburgh University and taught English in Shetland, England and Dundee. His collected poems, published in 1980, were the culmination of 40 years of writing.
Christie Williamson
Christie Williamson is a Shetland-born poet and editor now living in Glasgow.