Welcome to the Poetry, Songs and Writers of Scotland

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Scotland is steeped in history, traditions and culture, and the poems that stem from that culture are unique, both in language and style.

The purpose of this site is to bring to life the poetry of Scotland, both past and present, and to make it available to the world by raising its profile, while keeping the spirit of Scotland alive in verse.

Featured on this site are:

• Songs and Poems by Burns
   
• A selection of the ancient Scottish Ballads
   
• Examples of McGonagall's worst poems
   
• A list of Scottish Writers and their best-known works
   
• A selection of Traditional Scottish Songs
   
• Examples of modern poems and songs written by modern-day indigenous Scots and ex-patriot Scots
   
• Examples of modern poems and songs written by other modern-day writers from around the world
   
• A Scots Glossary to help with any Scots words used in the Poems of Burns and others

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Spring Has Arrived! © by Nat Hall

This poem describes in such accurate detail the changes to be seen in nature at this time of the year. Makes you want to pack your bags and take the next boat north to Shetland to observe such a hive of activity in all its beauty.

Read more of Nat's poems here .......

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New Poems April's Moods   Still Frame   Shadows   a nation in an undividing galaxy   Lokkaminnie's Oo   Red Castle Lunan Bay   Oh Calcutta, Calcutta Cup   Your House   I Know It's Spring   Tribe   Old Galloway's Mull   McAlister   The Gates of Innocence   Spring Song   Atonement   To Dream a Thousand Dreams   Coorie Doon   What Gardener Tills the Night?   The Bairn   Tilting at Windmills   Lents Slow March

New Songs 6 Questions   Norma Allan   Dream Collector   A Trader's Carol   Where Is The Woman Who Loves Me?   Through and Through   Song of Madeleine   A Scotland Farewell    Song for Don   Children In Need   Catterthun's