Each poem in this CD is read by Edwin Morgan, followed by commentary by Professor Roderick Watson of the University of Stirling. This CD serves as a tool for classroom study.
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.