‘Earth, thou bonnie broukit bairn’
Mars is braw in crammasy, Venus in a green silk goun, The auld mune shak’s her gowden feathers, Their starry talk’s a wheen o’ blethers, Nane for thee a thochtie sparin’ Earth, thou bonnie broukit bairn! – But greet, an’ in your tears ye’ll drown The haill clanjamfrie! By Hugh MacDiarmid via Scottish Poetry Library
I’m trying to trace the artist who created a set of paintings inspired by this poem. They were exhibited at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine, some years ago, but they can’t help, neither can the Scottish Poetry Library. A print of the main painting hung in the bar of the Oran Mor in Glasgow in 2010, but I don’t know if it’s still there and I’ve no reply from the Oran Mor itself. Any help would be appreciated.
We’ll see what we can find out . Thanks for the comment
Was it the artist Sheila Mullen ?
No, definitely a man. He gave me a copy of his book with the full set of paintings, but unfortunately I passed it to another editor without noting the details.
You might like this Duncan….
https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2023/06/09/fraiku-summer-triangle/
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