Robin Robertson
Robin Robertson
Reading Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014
- Welcome and Introduction
- "Aberdeen"
- "Fall"
- "Annunciation"
- "By Clachan Bridge"
- "Artichoke"
- "Wedding the Locksmith's Daughter"
- "Sheela-na-Gig"
- "Exposure"
- "The Park Drunk"
- "Ghost of a Garden"
- "Donegal"
- "The Halving"
- "A & E"
- "Cat, Failing"
- "The Ghost of Actaeon"
- "Wonderland"
- "The Tweed"
- "The Dream House"
- "Abandon"
- "Glass of Water and Coffee Pot"
- "Port na h-Abhainne"
- "The Key"
- "At Roane Head"
Welcome and Introduction-12799
by Tyler Meier
"Aberdeen"-12800
Robertson, Robin. A Painted Field. London: Picador, 1997.
"Fall"-12801
Translation/adaptation of a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke titled "Herbst."
Annotation:
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Annunciation"-12802
Robertson, Robin. Hill of Doors. London: Picador, 2013.
"By Clachan Bridge"-12803
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Artichoke"-12804
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Wedding the Locksmith's Daughter"-12805
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Sheela-na-Gig"-12806
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Exposure"-12807
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Park Drunk"-12808
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Ghost of a Garden"-12809
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Donegal"-12810
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Halving"-12811
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"A & E"-12812
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Cat, Failing"-12813
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Ghost of Actaeon"-12814
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Wonderland"-12815
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Tweed"-12816
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Dream House"-12817
Robertson, Robin. Hill of Doors. London: Picador, 2013.
"Abandon"-12818
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Glass of Water and Coffee Pot"-12819
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"Port na h-Abhainne"-12820
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"The Key"-12821
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
"At Roane Head"-12822
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Robertson, Robin. Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
Robin Robertson reads poems from his books Sailing the Forest: Selected Poems (2014), A Painted Field (1997), and Hill of Doors (2013).

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