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hisfamily's farm near Kilbarchan.His first collection BovinePastoral came out in 2004 and in 2009 he was awardeda Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship.He has publishedmultiple collections and chapbooks attracting both praiseand awards,including the McLellan Poetry Prize and theCallum Macdonald Memorial Award.His verse novellaKillochries,originally published in 2OIS,was shortlisted forthe Saltire Society Scottish Poetry Book of the Year,theSeamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize and the FentonAldeburgh Prize for first collection.Bale Fire is the followup to Black Cart(20I7).Jim is the current poet laureateof Glasgow.  \nBALE FIRE  \nJim Carruth  \nplygo   \nFirst published in Great Britain in 20I9 byPolygon,an imprint of Birlinn Ltd.  \nBirlinn LtdWest Newington HouseIo Newington RoadEdinburgh EH9 IQS  \nwww.polygonbooks.co.uk  \nCopyright ◎Jim Carruth,20I9  \nISBN978I846975004  \nThe moral right of Jim Carruth to be identified as theauthor of this work has been asserted byhim inaccordance with the Copyright,Designsand Patents Act,I988.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing-in-Publication DataA catalogue record for this book is available onrequest from the British Library.  \nscoT  \nAND  \nThe publisher gratefully acknowledges investment fromCreative Scotland towards the publication of this book.  \nTypeset inVerdigris MVB by Polygon,EdinburghPrinted and bound by Bell &Bain,Ltd,Glasgow  \nFor Lorna,David,Hannah and Paul  \nCONTENTS  \nAuthor's notexi  \nI.CHANGE IN THE WEATHER  \nBecause the Land are We5Birth6Leabaidh na Ba Baine7School Milk8The Trade9Ars,ArtisIOAVillage Elder's Advice on theWhite Crow  \nI2A KillingI3MuskI4WitnessI5RatmanI6On the TurnI7The Wife's TaleI8Trouble at the FarmI9The Farmer Doesn't Want a Wife20The Other Wilson2ILittle Black Hen23Beyond the Headlands24Bale String25Transferable Skills26  \ni.The Journey of  \nTelemachus33ii.Suitors34iii.Leaving the Field35iv.Setting Out36V.  \nCyclops-the Shepherd37vi.Sower38viiPiggery39viii.Metamorphosis40ix.The Fall of Elpenor4IX.Fieldof the Dead42xi.Neighbours on the Hill43xii.Song of the Siren44xiii.Cailleach(Skyla)45xiv.Hill of Silence46XV.Storm  \n47xvi.Argos48xvii.The Night of Fox49xviii.What Happened tothe Crows50Xix.Embrace5IXX.Homecoming52  \n# III.FORGOTTEN FURROwS&FIELD SONGS\n\nThe Songs of George Brann57Calypso58Der Ring des Nibelungen59Only Human60","cbCaivFu3yGzFQBO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivFu3yGzFQBO","pdf",2220140,100,"English","# Author's note\n# CHANGE IN THE WEATHER\n## Because the Land are We5\n## Birth\n## Leabaidh na Ba Baine\n## School Milk\n## The Trade\n## Ars, Artis\n## Village Elder's Advice on the White Crow\n## A Killing\n## Musk\n## Witness\n## Ratman\n## On the Turn\n## The Wife's Tale\n## Trouble at the Farm\n## The Farmer Doesn't Want a Wife\n## The Other Wilson\n## Little Black Hen\n## Beyond the Headlands\n## Bale String\n## Transferable Skills\n# The Journey of Telemachus\n# Forgotten Furrows & Field Songs\n## The Songs of George Brann\n## Calypso\n## 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