Love his poetry #NormanMacCaig
“Who owns this landscape?
Has owning anything to do with love?
At least I know who possesses this landscape —
the man who loves it.”
from Norman MacCaig's
‘A Man In Assynt’
Norman MacCaig (1910-1996) was born in Edinburgh and was educated at the Royal High School, and the University of Edinburgh
Has owning anything to do with love?
At least I know who possesses this landscape —
the man who loves it.”
from Norman MacCaig's
‘A Man In Assynt’
Norman MacCaig (1910-1996) was born in Edinburgh and was educated at the Royal High School, and the University of Edinburgh
February 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Love his poetry #NormanMacCaig
"A flint-on-flint ticking – and there he is,
Trim and dandy – in square miles of bracken
And bogs and boulders a tiny work of art,
Bright as an illumination on a monkish parchment."
Norman MacCaig (1975)
#photography #stonechat #BirdPhotography #PotD #poem #NormanMacCaig #bird #ornithology
Trim and dandy – in square miles of bracken
And bogs and boulders a tiny work of art,
Bright as an illumination on a monkish parchment."
Norman MacCaig (1975)
#photography #stonechat #BirdPhotography #PotD #poem #NormanMacCaig #bird #ornithology
September 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
"A flint-on-flint ticking – and there he is,
Trim and dandy – in square miles of bracken
And bogs and boulders a tiny work of art,
Bright as an illumination on a monkish parchment."
Norman MacCaig (1975)
#photography #stonechat #BirdPhotography #PotD #poem #NormanMacCaig #bird #ornithology
Trim and dandy – in square miles of bracken
And bogs and boulders a tiny work of art,
Bright as an illumination on a monkish parchment."
Norman MacCaig (1975)
#photography #stonechat #BirdPhotography #PotD #poem #NormanMacCaig #bird #ornithology
“Until, releasing its own spring, it fills
The air with heron, finds its height and goes,
A spear between two clouds. A cliff receives it
And it is gargoyle.”
Norman MacCaig (1967)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #flight #PotD #poetry #NormanMacCaig #wildlife #Scotland #nature
The air with heron, finds its height and goes,
A spear between two clouds. A cliff receives it
And it is gargoyle.”
Norman MacCaig (1967)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #flight #PotD #poetry #NormanMacCaig #wildlife #Scotland #nature
April 24, 2026 at 7:01 AM
“Until, releasing its own spring, it fills
The air with heron, finds its height and goes,
A spear between two clouds. A cliff receives it
And it is gargoyle.”
Norman MacCaig (1967)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #flight #PotD #poetry #NormanMacCaig #wildlife #Scotland #nature
The air with heron, finds its height and goes,
A spear between two clouds. A cliff receives it
And it is gargoyle.”
Norman MacCaig (1967)
#photography #BirdPhotography #heron #flight #PotD #poetry #NormanMacCaig #wildlife #Scotland #nature
“High overhead
A little insect, constructed like a man,
Crawls on a foot-wide thread on a web that catches
Only a space with a cloud in it. A crane”
Norman MacCaig (1962)
#photography #cranes #construction #industry #London #skyline #poetry #NormanMacCaig #PotD #building #steel #girders
A little insect, constructed like a man,
Crawls on a foot-wide thread on a web that catches
Only a space with a cloud in it. A crane”
Norman MacCaig (1962)
#photography #cranes #construction #industry #London #skyline #poetry #NormanMacCaig #PotD #building #steel #girders
March 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
“High overhead
A little insect, constructed like a man,
Crawls on a foot-wide thread on a web that catches
Only a space with a cloud in it. A crane”
Norman MacCaig (1962)
#photography #cranes #construction #industry #London #skyline #poetry #NormanMacCaig #PotD #building #steel #girders
A little insect, constructed like a man,
Crawls on a foot-wide thread on a web that catches
Only a space with a cloud in it. A crane”
Norman MacCaig (1962)
#photography #cranes #construction #industry #London #skyline #poetry #NormanMacCaig #PotD #building #steel #girders
Planning to use #NormanMacCaig for a set text poet next year? Here's a One-Pager for 'On Lauchie's Croft'. buff.ly/MDA1VbT
May 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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On that stormy night
a top branch broke off
on the biggest tree in my garden.
It's still up there. Though its leaves
are withered black among the green
the living branches
won't let it fall.
#NormanMacCaig (1969) #poetry #poem
a top branch broke off
on the biggest tree in my garden.
It's still up there. Though its leaves
are withered black among the green
the living branches
won't let it fall.
#NormanMacCaig (1969) #poetry #poem
November 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
On that stormy night
a top branch broke off
on the biggest tree in my garden.
It's still up there. Though its leaves
are withered black among the green
the living branches
won't let it fall.
#NormanMacCaig (1969) #poetry #poem
a top branch broke off
on the biggest tree in my garden.
It's still up there. Though its leaves
are withered black among the green
the living branches
won't let it fall.
#NormanMacCaig (1969) #poetry #poem
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
"I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own."
Poems: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-...
✒ #NormanMacCaig, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 14 November 1910. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-...
✒ #NormanMacCaig, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 14 November 1910. #Poetry #Literature
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own."
Poems: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-...
✒ #NormanMacCaig, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 14 November 1910. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-...
✒ #NormanMacCaig, Scottish poet, was #BOTD 14 November 1910. #Poetry #Literature
Vomitorium is a fine word to describe the poetry you published but you wished you hadnt. #NormanMacCaig
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569593...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569593...
Zen Calvinist Norman MacCaig regretted first foray into a vomitorium
This week: Norman MacCaig
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December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Vomitorium is a fine word to describe the poetry you published but you wished you hadnt. #NormanMacCaig
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569593...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2569593...
"I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own."
Poems: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-ma…]
#NormanMacCaigig, Scottish poet, wa#BOTDTD 14 November 1910#Poetryr#Literaturere
November 14, 2024 at 8:33 AM
"I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own."
Poems: scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/norman-ma…]
#NormanMacCaigig, Scottish poet, wa#BOTDTD 14 November 1910#Poetryr#Literaturere
"Small Boy" Norman MacCaig
Herbin Ambre de Birmanie
Crown Mill
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I can feel myself now, trying to throw stones, but they cling to my hands and find their way into my pockets until all I want to do is walk into the surf.
#poem #normanmaccaig #scottishliterature #fountainpensandink
Herbin Ambre de Birmanie
Crown Mill
Wingsung 699
I can feel myself now, trying to throw stones, but they cling to my hands and find their way into my pockets until all I want to do is walk into the surf.
#poem #normanmaccaig #scottishliterature #fountainpensandink
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Small Boy" Norman MacCaig
Herbin Ambre de Birmanie
Crown Mill
Wingsung 699
I can feel myself now, trying to throw stones, but they cling to my hands and find their way into my pockets until all I want to do is walk into the surf.
#poem #normanmaccaig #scottishliterature #fountainpensandink
Herbin Ambre de Birmanie
Crown Mill
Wingsung 699
I can feel myself now, trying to throw stones, but they cling to my hands and find their way into my pockets until all I want to do is walk into the surf.
#poem #normanmaccaig #scottishliterature #fountainpensandink
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#NormanMacCaig
#NormanMacCaig
The poetry of Norman MacCaig
Prof Alan Riach from the University of Glasgow discusses MacCaig’s work at our 2013 Schools Conference
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyn...
Prof Alan Riach from the University of Glasgow discusses MacCaig’s work at our 2013 Schools Conference
2/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyn...
The poetry of Norman MacCaig
YouTube video by ASL
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November 14, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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#NormanMacCaig
#NormanMacCaig