Poetry
Sang fur the Wandert
Sang fur the Wandert is a new collection of poetry from award-winning Janet Paisley. Written in Scots and English, the poems look at Scotland and the world, covering personal and international events from 542 to the present day. The collection explores the affects on individuals of war, film, politics, education, sociology, trauma, science and exploration.
Ye Cannae Win
Ye Cannae Win is the first collection of Janet Paisley's monologues, which have an uncanny ability to capture the human voice and express the innermost depths of thought and feeling of ordinary people.
Reading the Bones
Reading the Bones is Janet Paisley's fourth collection of poetry and is further testament to her extraordinary talents. Often disturbing, yet always life-affirming, it readily confirms the remarkable ability shown by her last collection, Alien Crop. Reading the Bones has a compelling resonance which marks Paisley as an exceptional poetic voice.
Alien Crop
“Janet Paisley's poetry is never predictable, but always moulded by her distinctive character. She confronts painful experience and difficult, intimate emotions with understanding and mischievious humour. She celebrates sensuality, but fully conveys the intricacies of relationships. Her starting point is a woman's personal experience, but she speaks out about the real world, both its natural beauty and the suffering and joys of ordinary people.”
Biting Through Skins
Her poetry astonishes each time. By turns angry, humorous, heartfelt and poignant, it is always characterised by an impeccable eye for detail and an ear tuned to truth… a great poet… Border Telegraph — Stuart B. Kelly
Pegasus in Flight
… A fresh and welcome new talent on the Scottish cultural scene - Radical Scotland
Janet Paisley… whose assured but unshowy phrase-making, dark figurative palette and metrical elegance made her the most technically adroit poet on display… urgent writing from a writer of whom a great deal more will be heard… The Herald — Donny O'Rourke
Images
Images video - ETV/AV, Moray House
Images by Janet Paisley
Alien Crop
Double Exposure
Scottish Granny Maggie - Wurd Fae the Wise
Avonbridge Uprooted
Erosion
Matthew
The Trek
Ride with the Hunters
Back Trouble
A Rose Indeed
Maggie - Ye Cannae Win
Talking