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Norman MacCaig Poet

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Nov 14, 1910
  • Died: Jan 23, 1996

Norman Alexander MacCaig OBE was a Scottish poet and teacher. His poetry, in modern English, is known for its humour, simplicity of language and great popularity.

And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it. poetry

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so. poetry

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. poetry

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own. nature

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. poetry

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. poetry

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