At ten I read Mayakovsky had died,
learned my first word of Russian, lyublyu…

—written for his 70th birthday, Edwin Morgan’s “Seven Decades” takes us through key moments in the poet’s life

in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

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https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/seven-decades/

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But does every man feel like this at forty –
I mean it’s like Thomas Wolfe’s New York, his
heady light, the stunning plunging canyons, beauty…

—Morgan’s “The Second Life”, the title poem to his 1968 breakthrough collection, reflects changes in his own life, in Glasgow, in Scotland & the world

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In this podcast for the Edwin Morgan Trust, Ishbel McFarlane explores the personal & professional world that influenced Edwin Morgan – Scotland’s most influential poet of the last 50 years. Looking at LGBTQ+ history, language learning, translation, & more

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https://edwinmorgantrust.com/2021/03/01/ishbel-mcfarlane-edwin-morgans-second-life-2/

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—We come in peace from the third planet.
Would you take us to your leader?

Edwin Morgan’s science-fiction poem “The First Men on Mercury” is presented here in comic-strip form, by the amazing metaphrog

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Download it free here:

https://metaphrog.com/the-first-men-on-mercury/

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…we turned it over, read easily One Pound,
but then the shock of Latin, like a gloss,
Respublica Scotorum, sent across
such ages as we guessed but never found…

—“‘The Coin’… slips infinite riches of cognitive possibility into the reader’s mental pockets”

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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2007/11/new-currency-or-old-the-coin-by-edwin-morgan/

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“Climbing statues and screaming may be more in the expected Glasgow image of hearty gregariousness than an andante at Pollok – yet both are there.”

—Read Edwin Morgan’s 1965 essay “Signs & Wonders” on Glasgow & culture, via Books From Scotland

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https://booksfromscotland.com/2020/04/in-touch-with-language/

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👆 “Signs & Wonders” is one of 47 pieces of Morgan’s prose – journalism, book & theatre reviews, essays & lectures, drama & radio scripts, forewords & afterwords – collected in EDWIN MORGAN: IN TOUCH WITH LANGUAGE, ed. John Coyle & James McGonigal

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https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/edwin-morgan-in-touch-with-language/

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“The poetry voice first for me. ‘The Death of Marilyn Monroe’, ‘Los Angeles!’ Blew my socks off! His voice always reminded me a bit of that of Ian McAskill the weatherman…Another South Side boy”

—James McGonigal & John Coyle discuss Edwin Morgan

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https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/2020/04/in-touch-with-edwin-morgan/

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The Poetry of Edwin Morgan

Professor James McGonigal discusses Edwin Morgan’s poetry at our 2015 Schools Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2XEkW0nZQ&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WYcu-9sTwjGIqkJDYOImwgK

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Edwin Morgan: a poet of international stature

Professor Alan Riach discusses Edwin Morgan’s international context – from our 2020 online Schools Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZGfaWVIgI4&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WbTLaABqVVk2xHfJdHDtpms

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