Full-length collection of original poetry from John Beaton, now available for order from Word Galaxy Press, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Foyles, and other online and offline bookstores worldwide.
Yesterday was International Women's Day. I wrote a poem commemorating the hardships of women and a musician,Laura Cortese, put it to music. Some years ago, she played it at an event called 'Folk Fights Back for Women." Here's a YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNH53yQtCjk&t=10s
And here are the lyrics:
I'm the lass of Invergarry,
singing by the loch alone
of the lad I was to marry,
of the baby in my belly
he begot but would not own.
A clip from our 2024 Burns concert. This time a Burns love song, recited by me as a poem. Thanks to Victor Jones for the video.
My ecitation of Burns's "A Man's A Man For A' That," with music by the Oceanside Jammers, at a Qualicum Beach Burns Night on Jan 24, 2024. Videographer: Victor Jones.
Robin Helweg-Larsen has included one of my poems in his fine blog: https://formalverse.com/.../potcake-poets-choice-john.../...
Octorber 31 isn't far off. Here's a poem I wrote for the occasion a few years back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc0e-HKUti8
Who knew hosting a reading could be so interesting? The recording is here.
You can find the recording here.
You can hear it here starting at 1:45:00.
A fine review of my poetry book, "Leaving Camustianavaig." appears on page 34 of the Spring-Summer 2021 issue of Scotland's wonderful writing publication, "Northwards Now." Thanks to Kenny Taylor (editor) and
