poyums annaw
$28.99
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2026
Summary
There isn’t a timescale for how you should heal Your bad days are valid, your heartache is real But so is the day that your smile will return That fire within you continues to burn You will overcome this and continue to thrive You are here, you are loved, you are whole, you’re alive.
A formidable follow-up to her award-winning debut poetry collection, Len Pennie’s poyums annaw is just like her: defiant, angry and trailblaz…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837263288 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837263280 |
| Author: | Len Pennie |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 135mm x 204mm |
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Critics Review
‘Praise for Poyums: A poet who redefines what poetry is and who it is for’ - LEMN SISSAY
‘The keeper and reinventor of the Scots language in the 21st century’ - IAN MCMILLAN
‘I adore Lennie’s poetry’ - NIGELLA LAWSON
‘Pennie already - in this first collection - shows an impressive command of poetic technique [ … ] this intense and remarkable collection now marks her out as a poetic voice to be reckoned with - strong, tested, skilful, driven, and facing firmly towards the future’ - Scotsman
Len Pennie
Len Pennie is a poet who writes in both Scots and English. She writes passionately about the promotion of minoritised languages, survivors of domestic abuse and the destigmatisation of mental illness.
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