The Year of the Whale

Name: The Year of the Whale
Author: George Mackay Brown

by George Mackay Brown

Epic narrative poem about a whale and seafaring mythology

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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
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