Wast wi da Valkyries
Wast wi da Valkyries was Christine's second poetry collection. It was published in 1997 by The Shetland Library and won the Shetland Literary Prize in 1999.
Her second collection develops similar themes to her first but also includes many landscape poems. The poems also move out to other parts of the world, and work in several timeframes.
Purchase the book
Wast wi da Valkyries can be purchased by Contacting Christine.
Poems from the book
- Da Cockle Shall - also available in High & Low
- Just Being
- Portrait o a lady
- Time circles - also available in Norwegian, High & Low
Audio from the book
- High LowA Strynd o Sense
- High LowAa Change
- High LowChemistry of Forgiveness
- High LowCommon Science
- High LowDa Cockle Shall
- High LowDa Factor Meets his Match
- High LowDa Fremd
- High LowEaster in Manhattan
- High LowExorcised
- High LowFacts o Life
- High LowGale Warning
- High LowGrandpa
- High LowGrowin Auld
- High LowHairst Mön owre Hjøllund
- High LowHallowe'en Hansel
- High LowHigh Lights of Christmas
- High LowHow Beautiful are the Feet
- High LowIn the Mind's Eye
- High LowLizzie Coutts' Knowe
- High LowMadonna of the Portraits
- High LowMagnus, da Yöl Pony
- High LowMarking Time
- High LowMissing Canvases
- High LowMyl-gruel at da Millenium
- High LowNamin da Peerie Isles
- High LowPetals on a Simmer Wind
- High LowPilgrim Hills, Iona
- High LowPortrait o a Lady
- High LowPrimary Colours
- High LowReefed in
- High LowRitual Cleansing
- High LowRoond da Wirld
- High LowRose Petals and Stone
- High LowSlipping Chains
- High LowStone and Sacrament
- High LowSurvival Tactics
- High LowTelling the Time
- High LowTerms of Carriage
- High LowTime Circles
- High LowTrowie Tales
- High LowWast wi da Valkyries
Reviews
- "Her poetry - forthright but subtle - is a pleasure to read."New Playwriting Scotland, Winter Issue, 97/98
- "There is not an unnecessary word: every page brings mind and ear to attention."The New Shetlander, No. 202 - Yule Issue 1997
- "Christine celebrates Shetland landscape and memories as well as putting in a fag for MacCaig."The Scotsman, November 1998