C | 1 | A137, F1. | |
Toast | |||
The Apple Tree | London | ||
Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 1. | May 1918 | ||
This poem later appeared in: Neil M. Gunn: A Highland Life | F.R.Hart and J.B.Pick | John Murray | London | 1981 | p. 52. The poem was signed Nial Guinne (the Gaelic form of his name). This poem was written to commemorate the first issue of the house journal of The Aspirants' Fellowship, and has been identified as Gunn's first appearance in print. |
C | 2 | A137. | |
La Madeleine | |||
The Scottish Chapbook | Montrose | ||
Vol. 1, No. 7, p. 200. | February 1923 | ||
Subtitled: from a painting by Henner. |
C | 3 | A137. | |
To a Redbreast | |||
The Scottish Chapbook | Montrose | ||
Vol. 1, No. 10, p. 273. | May 1923 | ||
C | 4 | A137. | |
To My Gramophone | |||
The Scottish Chapbook | Montrose | ||
Vol. 1, No. 11, p. 323. | June 1923 | ||
C | 5 | A43, A98, A137, C9. | |
O Sun | |||
The Scottish Chapbook | Montrose | ||
Vol. 1, No. 12, p. 329. | 23rd. July 1923 | ||
This poem later appeared in: The Fabulous Matter of Fact: The Poetics of Neil M. Gunn | Richard Price | Edinburgh University Press | Edinburgh | 1991 | p. [1]. |
C | 6 | A137. | |
The First Trump | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 261. | July 1928 | ||
Written under the pseudonym of Dane McNeil. |
C | 7 | A137. | |
Sub Rosa | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 10, No. 3, p. 172. | December 1928 | ||
C | 8 | A137. | |
To. W. H. Hudson | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 102. | May 1929 | ||
C | 9 | A43, A98, A113, A137, C5. | |
The Serpent | |||
The Modern Scot | Dundee | ||
Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 36. | Spring 1930 | ||
This poem was later reprinted as part of the chapter "The Frightened Worm" in the book: Highland Pack | Faber and Faber | London | 18th. November 1949 | p. 27. The scene evoked was utilised in the novel of the same name (Faber and Faber 1943) and also bears similarities to the poem "O Sun". |
C | 10 | A28, A137. | |
To One Who Listened | |||
Patrick Geddes and Colleagues | Edinburgh | ||
p. 27 | 1930 | ||
The poem forms part of a collection of tributes to Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser, when she was ill, which was published under the title: Our Singer and her Songs: To Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser Mus.Doc. (Edin), C.B.E. and her songs of the Hebrides our cordial tributes. The date on one of the letters contributed suggests that publication was in October 1930. |
C | 11 | A137. | |
Vitality | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 122. | November 1931 | ||
C | 12 | A135, A137. | |
"Last Poem" | |||
Polygon | Edinburgh | ||
p. 218 | 17th. May 1966 | ||
This poem appears in: Neil M. Gunn: Selected Letters | J. B. Pick, ed. | Polygon | Edinburgh | 1987 | p. 218. In a letter dated 17th. May 1966 to F. R. Hart, Gunn recites his "Last Poem". |