Between Mountain and Sea: Poems from Assynt

by Norman MacCaig, Ewen McCaig (Preface), Roderick Watson (Editor)

'Two Men at Once' is one of Norman MacCaig best known poems. He was indeed two men at Edinburgh, the city where he was born and lived as a teacher and poet, was his home, but no other place shaped his poetry more than Assynt in Sutherland. It is here that he would spend many a summer on family holidays, walking the hills and fishing the lochs. MacCaig's fresh eye saw remarkable newness even in the everyday and each poem is a tiny revelation, a new look at an old friend. This collection celebrates, renews, and rediscovers Norman MacCaig's Assynt.

Genres: Poetry

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2018

About the author

MacCaig was born in Edinburgh and divided his time, for the rest of his life, between his native city and Assynt in the Scottish Highlands. He registered as a conscientious objector during World War II. In 1967 he was appointed Fellow in Creative Writing at Edinburgh. He became a reader in poetry in 1970, at the University of Stirling.

Reviews

[Sarah Orr · Rating 5 out of 5]

the most perfect poetry book for me i love it so much

[Jordyn Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

His poems on death really resonated with me, but many of the others didn’t strike a chord. I think these
poems would be really beautiful to those who know and love Scotland well.