For National Poetry Day 2026 (Thursday 1 October), the Scottish Poetry Library has teamed up with Brand Scotland to bring you six short poetry films by contemporary writers, all of whom have been part...

The horses watch the sea climb and climb and walk towards them on the hill, hear the vole crying under the alder, our children breathing slowly in their beds.

When I found I'd lost you – / not beside me, nor ahead, / nor right nor left not / your green jacket moving / / between the trees...

Cathy's mother saysshe is her sweet heart.My mother says I am a piece of her liver.Cathy has an ice blue cardigan.My mother holds Cathy stillin front of her, and studies the stitcheswith her eyes scre...

Books and resources in Scotland's national poetry library for Burns Night, Robert Burns and the best Scottish poets and poems about Scotland

The SPL’s resident podcast host Sam Tongue takes a deep dive into two poems by one of Britain’s most beloved poets, Imtiaz Dharker. Imtiaz Dharker – a Pakistani-born poet who grew up in Glasgow, then ...

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