Radiant Point: Poems from Brownsbank

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***Available 9 September 2024***

This is a co-production between Main Point Books and Taproot Press. Pre-order from Main Point Books.

My eye will twinkle at strangers, be patient

For the sight of the two shooting stars,

Over the blue gate of Brownsbank, the sky 

Luminous with old stories and the blazetrail 

Of dazzling words, your radiant point

From ‘Shooting Stars’

These poems by Lorna J. Waite were written during or soon after her residency in September 2011 at Hugh MacDiarmid’s cottage, Brownsbank, near Biggar. The poetry is preceded by a foreword in her own words: her application for that Brownsbank residency. These poems were collected and collated after Lorna’s untimely death in 2023.

‘Lorna was luminous, powerful, brave yet humble, with a touching vulnerability. A remarkable woman, whose being somehow embodied the cultural strata of this richly diverse small nation we inhabit, and whose work we should all know about.’

    Gerda Stevenson