← Iain Crichton SmithDeer on the High Hillsby Iain Crichton SmithPoems of meditation set in mountain and wild highland landscapesFind on Amazon↗About the authorIain Crichton SmithScottish poet who wrote in both English and Scottish Gaelic. His verse explores the tension between the Calvinist culture of the Hebrides and the secular modern world.More by Iain Crichton SmithThe Long RiverRiver as metaphor for time, change, and inner life→Love Poems and ElegiesLyric poems expressing love, loss, and emotional elegy→A LifeAutobiographical sequence tracing personal growth and transformation→Collected PoemsComplete poems of a Scottish Gaelic poet writing in English→