Hugh MacDiarmid

Reading in NY on May 4, 1969

1. British Leftish Poetry 1930-40 (1:12): MP3
2. The Skeleton of the Future (0:36): MP3
3. The Glass of Pure Water (6:47): MP3
4. Reflections in a Slum (2:48): MP3
5. The Kind of Poetry I Want (3:29): MP3
6. At My Father's Grave (0:47): MP3
7. In the Children's Hospital (0:56): MP3
8. First Love (0:40): MP3
9. Cattle Show (0:47): MP3

A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle

1. Part 1 (27:42): MP3
• It's gey and hard work coupin' gless for gless... (0:34): MP3 [TEXT]
• I doot I'm geylies mixed... (1:11): MP3 [LINK]


2. Part 2 (27:44): MP3
3. Part 3 (27:49): MP3
• Nae man can ken his heart until... (0:52): MP3 [TEXT]


4. Part 4 (27:35): MP3

Feb. 3, 1969

1. The Watergaw (1:56): MP3
2. The Eeamis Stane (1:26): MP3

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