George Mackay Brown - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:17:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png George Mackay Brown - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 IMPENDING NAVIGATION BRIGHT. A CATCH OF POEMS ABOUT THE SHIPPING FORECAST. 1994. ONE OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/impending-navigation-bright-a-catch-of-poems-about-the-shipping-forecast-1994-one-of-100-numbered-copies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impending-navigation-bright-a-catch-of-poems-about-the-shipping-forecast-1994-one-of-100-numbered-copies https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/impending-navigation-bright-a-catch-of-poems-about-the-shipping-forecast-1994-one-of-100-numbered-copies/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 1994 08:07:19 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=22724 Edinburgh: Morning Star Press, 1994
21 x 15cm, gatefold outer orange folder content of a 18 x 12cm, 10pp (single folded sheet) with page contributions by Finlay, Gael Turnbull, Tessa Ransford, George MacKay Brown, Ian Stephen, Edwin Morgan, Peter Larkin, Richard Price, Peter Dent and a cover illustrated by Margot Sandeman with text by Bridget Penney. The shipping forecast is a nightly and morning broadcast on the BBC which tells the weather for shipping in the various seas around Great Britain but it has iconic status as many peopel who are not fishermen listen to it because the names of the various weather stations are somewhat poetic in themselves. Finaly here contributes a short work:<BR?

LATE NIGHT SHIPPING FORECAST


A shoal
of names
in nets
of rain


Where the weather station names are compared to a fishing catch held together by a net of rain.
The Morning Star Press was the publishing house of Alex Finlay son of Ian. One of 100 hand numbereed copies. Scarce. VG+.

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26 x 21cm, 8pp. The final number of Finlay’s poetry publication. Design and calligraphy by Jim Nicholson. Contributions from Ronald Johnson, Edwin Morgan, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Jerome Rothenberg, Alkman (translated by Guy Davenport), Hugh Creighton Hill, Stuart Mills, Pedro Xista, Alan Riddell, Martin Seymour-Smith, Kenelm Cox, Giles Gordon, Douglas Young, Edward Lucie-Smith, Stephen Bann, Dick Sheeler, Astrid Gillis, Oswald de Andrade, Ernst Jandl, Gael Turnbull, Aram Saroyan, Jonathan Williams and Ian Hamilton Finlay. VG+.

Finlay whilst not inventing the One Word Poem format certainly helped popularise it - he uses the format in a number of his artist's books. The last poems in this publication are by Finlay and include some of his best known works reformatted in to such a form.



A SEE-SAW

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SEA

The post POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 25 ONE WORD POEMS. 1967. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Stoneypath; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1967
26 x 21cm, 8pp. The final number of Finlay’s poetry publication. Design and calligraphy by Jim Nicholson. Contributions from Ronald Johnson, Edwin Morgan, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Jerome Rothenberg, Alkman (translated by Guy Davenport), Hugh Creighton Hill, Stuart Mills, Pedro Xista, Alan Riddell, Martin Seymour-Smith, Kenelm Cox, Giles Gordon, Douglas Young, Edward Lucie-Smith, Stephen Bann, Dick Sheeler, Astrid Gillis, Oswald de Andrade, Ernst Jandl, Gael Turnbull, Aram Saroyan, Jonathan Williams and Ian Hamilton Finlay. VG+.

Finlay whilst not inventing the One Word Poem format certainly helped popularise it – he uses the format in a number of his artist’s books. The last poems in this publication are by Finlay and include some of his best known works reformatted in to such a form.

A SEE-SAW
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SEA

The post POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 25 ONE WORD POEMS. 1967. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-25-one-word-poems-1967/feed/ 0 POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 23 DESIGNATED AS “TEAPOTH 23”. 1967. DESIGNED BY JOHN FURNIVAL. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-23-designated-as-teapoth-23-1967-designed-by-john-furnival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-23-designated-as-teapoth-23-1967-designed-by-john-furnival https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-23-designated-as-teapoth-23-1967-designed-by-john-furnival/#respond Mon, 15 May 1967 15:31:09 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=18122 Stoneypath; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1967

26 x 21cm, 12pp. The twenty-third number of Finlay’s poetry publication - here designed by John Furnival and contributions by Max Weber, Theodore Enslin, Pierre Albert-Birot (translated by Stephen Bann),Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eli Siegel, Gael Turnbull, George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan, and Ronald Johnson. This number reverting to the more common collection of poems by different artists. VG+ condition. Scarce.

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26 x 21cm, 12pp. The twenty-third number of Finlay’s poetry publication – here designed by John Furnival and contributions by Max Weber, Theodore Enslin, Pierre Albert-Birot (translated by Stephen Bann),Ian Hamilton Finlay, Eli Siegel, Gael Turnbull, George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan, and Ronald Johnson. This number reverting to the more common collection of poems by different artists. VG+ condition. Scarce.

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26 x 21cm, 8pp. The fifteenth number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Margot Sandeman who provided drawings for the entire publication, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Edwin Morgan Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hamish McLaren, Theodore Enslin, Libby Houston and R.L. Cook. VG+ condition Scarce.

The post POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 15. 1965. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Ardgay, Ross-shire; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1965
26 x 21cm, 8pp. The fifteenth number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Margot Sandeman who provided drawings for the entire publication, George Mackay Brown, Eli Siegel, Edwin Morgan Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hamish McLaren, Theodore Enslin, Libby Houston and R.L. Cook. VG+ condition Scarce.

The post POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 15. 1965. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-15-1965/feed/ 0 NEW SALTIRE 3. 1962. FIVE POEMS BY FINLAY. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/new-saltire-3-1962-five-poems-by-finlay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-saltire-3-1962-five-poems-by-finlay https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/new-saltire-3-1962-five-poems-by-finlay/#respond Sun, 25 Mar 1962 11:18:14 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=61534 Edinburgh: Saltire Society, 1962
21 x 15cm, 96pp plus card covers. A single number of this literary periodical which has contributions by Gerge Mackay Brown for one but also has five early poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay (No thank you, I can't come", "The Tug", "The Village Baker", "A Night for the Pictures" and "Time Passes") all of which are typically Scottish rural in context. Slight damage to spine but else VG+. Scarce.

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21 x 15cm, 96pp plus card covers. A single number of this literary periodical which has contributions by Gerge Mackay Brown for one but also has five early poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay (No thank you, I can't come", "The Tug", "The Village Baker", "A Night for the Pictures" and "Time Passes") all of which are typically Scottish rural in context. Slight damage to spine but else VG+. Scarce.

The post NEW SALTIRE 3. 1962. FIVE POEMS BY FINLAY. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/new-saltire-3-1962-five-poems-by-finlay/feed/ 0 POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 2. 1962. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-2-1962/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-2-1962 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-2-1962/#respond Wed, 03 Jan 1962 20:59:47 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=17997 Edinburgh; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1962

30 x 21cm, 4pp. The second number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Thomas Anhava, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Shimpei Kusano, Jerome Rothenberg, George Mackay Brown, Gerry A. Zdanowicz, Lesley Lendrum, Cid Corman, Attila Jozsef and Dave Ball. This is an extremely hard to find early number of this international review. A very good example.

The post POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 2. 1962. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> Edinburgh; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1962
30 x 21cm, 4pp. The second number of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Thomas Anhava, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Shimpei Kusano, Jerome Rothenberg, George Mackay Brown, Gerry A. Zdanowicz, Lesley Lendrum, Cid Corman, Attila Jozsef and Dave Ball. This is an extremely hard to find early number of this international review. A very good example.

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