by Duncan Gillies MacLaurin
About the Author
Descended from the Scottish poet, John MacLaurin
(1734-1796), Duncan Gillies MacLaurin was born in
Glasgow in 1962. He studied Classics at Oxford, left
without a degree, and spent two years busking in
the streets of Europe. He met Danish writer, Ann Bilde,
in Italy in 1986, and went to Denmark with her. He took
degrees in English and Latin at Aarhus University and
since 1995 has taught these subjects at Esbjerg
Gymnasium.
About these poems
The author explains:
These 36 sonnets
have been in the pipeline for over 25 years.
Six of the sonnets here are revisions of pieces
in my first poetry collection, Red Moon,
published under the nom de guerre, Gillies Crisp,
in 1987.
In the next fifteen years I did not write a
single sonnet.
On the day my uncle David died, on 15th March
2003, I began writing “Teacher”, inspired by the
photo/painting by Teun Hocks. In 2005 I joined
the online forum-cum-workshop, Eratosphere,
and soon afterwards The Sonnet Board. These
inspired my poetry writing in general and my
sonnets in particular.
If you have any comments on his poems, Duncan Gillies
MacLaurin would be pleased to hear from you.
