A Red Rose or a Satin Heart : an anthology of Scottish love poems

From Wooings to Waiting, from First love to Farewells, here are the Romantics, the Unromantics, the Obsessed and the Fainthearted in all their lyrical glory. Ballads, sonnets, modern verse are all present in a variety of Scots tongue and English forms. Ranging in tone from scathing satire to evocative romanticism, these poems present a kaleidoscopic vision of humour, love and life.

Included are well-known masters—Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson—and contemporary poets such as Kathleen Jamie, John Burnside and Carol Ann Duffy. The result is a stunning collection of enormous breadth and resonance.