Underwoods

A two-part poetic collection presenting poems in standard English and in Scots, ranging from short lyrics and meditative pieces to playful dialectal songs. Themes include travel, nature, home, mortality, memory, and the art of making verse; tone shifts between lyrical tenderness, ironic observation, and colloquial humor. Many poems address friends, landscapes, illness, and personal loss, with affectionate handling of Scots speech alongside conventional English. The arrangement alternates standalone lyrics and longer reflective pieces, interspersed with dedications and notes on language, producing a varied sequence that contrasts voice, register, and regional phrasing.