edwin morgan
edwin morgan centenary publications
Essence Press is publishing two new publications as part of the Edwin Morgan centenary celebrations: a poster print of 101 words for Edwin Morgan, and a facsimile reprint of nine one word poems by Edwin Morgan.
nine one word poems by edwin morgan
Essence Press is delighted to publish this near facsimile of a booklet first published in 1982 by Hamish Whyte’s Mariscat Press. That version was an edition of 3, and was handmade, stapled, and typed on an Imperial 200 portable manual typewriter by Hamish Whyte. It published the nine one word poems that were originally published by Ian Hamilton Finlay in Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. no. 25 in 1967. This new facsimile version is slightly updated, it is handbound with red linen thread, and printed using an inkjet printer, typeset in Courier. The booklet contains nine delightful poems written according to Ian Hamilton Finlay’s ‘one word poem’ stipulation: the poem must be a single word, but the title can be any number of words.
small booklet | h120mmxw90mm; 12pp | printed inkjet; cover Bockingford watercolour 300gsm; inner pages 100gsm | handbound with red linen thread | contains 9 poems | typeset in Courier | edition of 101 | 2021
£5 (including p&p UK) purchase
£7 EUROPE purchase
£10 Worldwide purchase
(please note: if you would like to purchase this item together with the 101 words for Edwin Morgan poster, use the payment link below for a discount of £1)
the original publications
the original 1982 edition 
101 words for edwin morgan
a centenary poster of 101 one word poems
101 poets, artists, publishers, editors and researchers were invited to send a word or a one word poem for Edwin Morgan on the occasion of his centenary. This poster is published on what would have been his 101st birthday, 27 April 2021.
The contributors were given the following instructions: Each “word” must be a straight horizontal line, fifteen characters maximum in length (no minimum length), and must not include any spaces. Each letter and punctuation mark counts as a character (think of it as having fifteen presses of a typewriter’s keys to work with, except for the return key and space bar). The poster design is based on an initial arrangement of words by character count, with each group of words then arranged in alphabetical order.
edited & designed by Greg Thomas & Julie Johnstone | published by Essence Press 2021
with grateful thanks to the Edwin Morgan Trust for assistance with the distribution costs of sending a copy to each of the 101 contributors
CONTRIBUTORS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER: Juana Adcock | Dorothy Alexander | Luke Allan | Janette Ayachi | Stephen Bann | Derek Beaulieu | Henry Bell | Charles Bernstein | Lucy Burnett | Ron Butlin | Kimberly Campanello | Vahni Capildeo | Jim Carruth | Paula Claire | William Cobbing | Ken Cockburn | Stewart Conn | Anne-Laure Coxam | Robert Crawford | Christine De Luca| Shehzar Doja | Bronac Ferran | Natalie Ferris | Peter Finch | Alec Finlay | SJ Fowler | Callie Gardner | Harry Josephine Giles | Valerie Gillies | John Glenday | Jane Goldman | Ross Hair | WN Herbert | Colin Herd | Kate Lewis Hood | Julie Johnstone | Russell Jones | Jackie Kay | Lisa Kelly | Sean Wai Keung | David Kinloch | Rebecca Kosick | Daisy LaFarge | Liliane Lijn | Liz Lochhead | Gerry Loose | Marjorie Lotfi | Chris McCabe | Steve McCaffery | Peter McCarey | Saskia McCracken | James McGonigal | Peter Mackay | Jane McKie | Aonghas MacNeacail | Peter Manson | Robyn Marsack | Lila Matsumoto | Hansjörg Mayer | Nicky Melville | Drew Milne | Iain Morrison | Theresa Muñoz | Camilla Nelson | Donny O’Rourke | Maggie O’Sullivan | Astra Papachristodoulou | Alistair Peebles | Nancy Perloff | Alycia Pirmohamed | Tom Pow | Richard Price | Nat Raha | Pam Rehm | Alan Riach | James Robertson | Calum Rodger | Stewart Sanderson | Aram Saroyan | Michael Schmidt | Stewart Smith | Nicola Simpson | Richard Skelton | Maria Sledmere | Alan Spence | Susan Stewart | Courtney Stoddart | Alice Tarbuck | Greg Thomas | Amy Todman | Samuel Tongue | Kate Tough | Barrie Tullett | Katie Veitch | Cecilia Vicuña | Nathan Walker | Roseanne Watt | Matthew Welton | JL Williams | Christie Williamson | Hamish Whyte
A list of the words matched with their authors will be posted here in due course. A full list of contributors and their contributed words can be found on the back of the poster.
A3 poster | printed both sides; front in colour, back in B&W | with a full list and key of the contributors and their contributed poem words on back | printed litho | GalerieArt matt 170gsm | edition of 500 | 2021
Supplied rolled in a rectangular poster box.
All prices below include postage and packing.
UK
UK one poster £10 purchase
UK one poster plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £14 purchase
UK two posters £15 purchase
UK two posters plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £19 purchase
UK poster contributor copy £9 purchase
EUROPE
Europe poster £15 purchase
Europe one poster plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £19 purchase
Europe two posters £20 purchase
Europe two posters plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £24 purchase
Europe poster contributor copy £14 purchase
WORLDWIDE
Worldwide poster £25 purchase
Worldwide one poster plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £29 purchase
Worldwide two posters £30 purchase
Worldwide two posters plus one copy of the nine one word poems booklet (see above, £1 discount) £34 purchase
Worldwide contributor copy £24 purchase
If you would like to order more than two copies or in a different combination, please email essencepress@btinternet.com direct to arrange payment.
