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Trust of the first Scottish poet laureate, Edwin Morgan. Supporting a biennial Poetry Award & workshops. Celebrating Morgan’s centenary in 2020.

#EdwinMorgan ‘Good Friday’ - which tells the s

#EdwinMorgan ‘Good Friday’ - which tells the story of a conversation that took place on a Glasgow bus. #edwinmorgan100 #easterpoems #scottishpoetry #holdhandsamongtheatoms

A poem inspired by the story of #pontiuspilate as

A poem inspired by the story of #pontiuspilate as a Scott. In true #edwinmorgan fashion - he has provided us with a poem that is eerily fitting for this night before #goodfriday in a #covid19 world. #edwinmorgan100 #scottishpoetry #holdhandsamongtheatoms #washhandsamongtheatoms

‪On #EdwinMorgan’s 100th Birthday (April 27),

‪On #EdwinMorgan’s 100th Birthday (April 27), we are asking you to #holdhandsamongtheatoms and share your favourite EM poem, translation or line for #edwinmorgan100. We will be sharing some of ours in the lead up - which you are welcome to share too!

‪On #EdwinMorgan’s 100th Birthday (April 27),

‪On #EdwinMorgan’s 100th Birthday (April 27), we are asking you to #holdhandsamongtheatoms and share your favourite EM poem, translation or line for #edwinmorgan100. We will be sharing some of ours in the lead up too! These lines are translated from #AttilaJozsef’s Ode. (1933). ❤️‬ @carcanetpress

‪#EdwinMorgan100 kicks off on April 27th (#Edwin

‪#EdwinMorgan100 kicks off on April 27th (#EdwinMorgan’s 100th birthday!) We are asking people to #HoldHandsAmongTheAtoms and share their favourite EM poems on the day - and we will help out! This is a line from ‘Memories of Earth’ @carcanetpress - selected by Trustee #JamesMcGonigal. ‬

‪When The Times Darken. #BertoltBrecht, translat

‪When The Times Darken. #BertoltBrecht, translated by #EdwinMorgan. From an ‘Collected Translations’ @carcanetpress 1996. Printed on a @splscotland postcard. #edwinmorgan100 #poetry #COVID19 #scottishpoetry ‬

“You must be prepared to have surprises sprung o

“You must be prepared to have surprises sprung on you by life and you must be able to take these in your stride if you possibly can and come through.”
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Taking a break from current affairs and watching fantastic archival footage from @stv.news - ‘Off The Page’ featuring #EdwinMorgan (which can be found online!) Thinking of everyone through this difficult time.
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We are looking forward to celebrating #edwinmorgan100 and bringing some of this man’s incredible work to you from April 27!

Our press release is out, with full details of our

Our press release is out, with full details of our official #edwinmorgan100 activity, planned to take place from April 2020 - March 2021. We will be keeping the format pretty flexible to respond to Covid 19 developments - but regardless of shape, we have 12 months of engagement and reflection on all things #edwinmorgan to look forward to! Link in bio to see the full range of activations. #poetry #scottishpoetry #queerpoetry @edbookfest @thesnjo @britishlibrary @nationalpoetrylibrary @fruitmarketgallery @uofglasgow @nationalportraitgallery @ayewriteglasgow @glasgowgoma @trontheatre @celtic_connections @saltiresociety @dcadundee @glasgowzinelib @spec_books @streetlevelphotoworks @anlanntair @carcanetpress @stanzapoetry @mariscatpress @birlinnbooks

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