George Mackay Brown
Scottish Orcadian poet whose verse celebrates the Norse and Catholic heritage of Orkney. Loaves and Fishes and Fishermen with Ploughs draw on local legend and landscape.
Works
- Loaves and FishesReligious verse set in Scottish island fishing communities
- The Year of the WhaleEpic narrative poem about a whale and seafaring mythology
- Fishermen with PloughsPoem merging agricultural and maritime imagery from Orkney
- VoyagesPoems exploring journeys, travel, and historical voyages
- The Wreck of the ArchangelNarrative poem about shipwreck and survival in Orkney waters