The Second Life: Selected Poems

by Edwin Morgan

Genres: Poetry

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Edwin George Morgan OBE was a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the Scottish literary renaissance. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. In 1999, Morgan was made the first Glasgow Poet Laureate. In 2004, he was named as the first Scottish national poet: The Scots Makar.

Reviews

[Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A rereading on the eve of Edwin Morgan’s centenary and still no-one comes close to this poet’s accessibility and jaw-dropping range of subject matter. Pop culture to classical. Personal, local, national, international, universal - his words flit effortlessly between them all - but it’s his poems of love that resonate. If you press your hand on to the page you can feel the heat beat steady. Happy Birthday Edwin.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

The poems I liked, I really liked.