Voes & Sounds
Voes & Sounds was Christine's first poetry collection. It was published in 1994 by The Shetland Library and won the Shetland Literary Prize two years later in 1996.
It has poems which evoke many recollections of a Shetland childhood and some poems which mark a transition to city life and 'exile'.
Purchase the book
Voes & Sounds has sold out but a selection of poems and audio from the book are available below.
Poems from the book
- Edinburgh Volte-Face - also available in High & Low
- On the Death of my Mother at Midsummer - also available in High & Low
- Tagidderness
- Thule Revisited - also available in High & Low
Audio from the book
- High LowA baby's smile
- High LowA peerie codicil
- High LowAirborne over Orkney
- High LowAlzheimers
- High LowApproaching Christmas
- High LowBody chemistry
- High LowBreaking the journey
- High LowBrekken beach, nort Yell
- High LowBrooch with three Nornes
- High LowCity life
- High LowDee an me
- High LowDominion
- High LowEdinburgh volte-face
- High LowFocal length
- High LowFowl play
- High LowGyaain fur da mylk
- High LowGyaain ta da eela
- High LowIn your orbit
- High LowIsland Home-comings
- High LowLönabrack at Littlure
- High LowLife falls in pleasant places
- High LowLove can be
- High LowMiddle age comes kindly
- High LowMoment of belonging
- High LowOn the death of my father at Christmas
- High LowOn the death of my mother at midsummer
- High LowPaet wark
- High LowPrivate laand
- High LowQueer things, smiles
- High LowRespite in Wonderland
- High LowSome fling
- High LowSouth African poet
- High LowSpring break
- High LowSurface tension
- High LowTagidderness
- High LowThule revisited
- High LowTirricks
- High LowViking landfall
- High LowVoices of Quendale Bay
- High LowWan wirld at Bluemull Soond
- High LowWife in ston
Reviews
- "An accomplished collection weaving together a life-pattern well known to islanders."The Orcadian, 1996
- "Christine conjures up a moment, and let us know not only how it looks, but how it sounds."The Shetland Times, 1996
- "Powerful and evocative portraits of island life."Northwords, 1996