Fishermen with Ploughs

Name: Fishermen with Ploughs
Author: George Mackay Brown

by George Mackay Brown

Poem merging agricultural and maritime imagery from Orkney

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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.

More by George Mackay Brown

Loaves and FishesReligious verse set in Scottish island fishing communities
The Year of the WhaleEpic narrative poem about a whale and seafaring mythology
VoyagesPoems exploring journeys, travel, and historical voyages
The Wreck of the ArchangelNarrative poem about shipwreck and survival in Orkney waters