Selected Poems by node

Scotland's national bard wrote in Scots and English with equal mastery, giving voice to common folk and immortal longings alike. Auld Lang Syne became the world's parting song. Tam o' Shanter rides through a stormy night into supernatural terror. To a Mouse finds cosmic empathy in a destroyed nest. Burns sang of love, liberty, and the dignity of ordinary lives with a wit and warmth that transcended his century.