The Storm and Other Poems

These poems are about an island people - crofter, sailor, tinker, fisherman, saint - and about those things that are done under the magical sun of the north, generation by generation.

It is truly a remarkable collection which will remind us what an original voice Mackay Brown possessed, and why he went on to become one of the leading Scottish poets of the twentieth century, but with an audience that went far beyond his native land.

Kathleen Jamie reintroduces the book in a foreword that skillfully points out the connections between The Storm and his later work, and her enthusiasm for his verse will surely be instrumental in leading new readers to this extraordinary poet.