A drunk man lying on a hillside in the moonlight stares at a thistle, and his mind runs from whisky and his wife Jean to Scotland, God, sex, Burns and the whole condition of humanity. Written in a dense, inventive Scots and published in 1926, the poem swings between comedy, satire and vision, with a glossary for readers new to the language.
The central poem of the Scottish Renaissance, essential for anyone interested in modern Scottish literature. Download the free EPUB.