Edwin Muir

In the literary history of Orkney Island one worthy of note The great writer Edwin Muir was a legendary poet The people of Orkney claim him for their own Even in his own lifetime through his poetry he became famous and known Though long deceased the fame of the great Orcadian poet is living today That true greatness does outlive bodily death it has always been this way One of the reasons that he is quite popular and remains widely known Is that Edwin Muir in his poetry wrote in a style of his own One of the poets to bridge the gap between modern poetry and rhyme Edwin Muir one of the great poets of his time Such beautiful poems came from the pen in his hand He wrote in a style quite easy to understand In Orkney the once home to the Picts he first saw light of day To the summit of fame he made it the hard way.