{"id":2830,"date":"2021-08-13T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningspaces.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeuniculture\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:46:47","slug":"2830","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/2830\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Sevens: Best Scottish Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations go to Heather Yeung\u00a0 for her poem &#8216;Song of the Sevens&#8217; which has been included in the <i>Best Scottish Poems 2020<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to it at<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Song of the Sevens&#039; by Heather Yeung by scottishpoetrylibrary\" width=\"1290\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1082310361&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1290\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sound recording of the poem, is a joint performance between herself and Johanna Linsley, with composition by Jan Mertens.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read the poem at the Scottish Poetry Library <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk\/poem\/song-of-the-sevens\/\">website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the poem card which Heather created featuring an extract from the poem. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2831\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc-1024x726.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc-1536x1090.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/HY_77ppc.png 1748w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Heather is Lecturer in English and Creative writing in the School of Humanities and specialises in literary criticism and theory. She is also a poet, visual artist, book maker and performer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2832\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2832\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/culture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/08\/BSBC-S2-RX3__106.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather taking part in the Big Scottish Book Club. Image credit BBC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations go to Heather Yeung\u00a0 for her poem &#8216;Song of the Sevens&#8217; which has been included in the Best Scottish Poems 2020. Listen to it at The sound recording of the poem, is a joint performance between herself and Johanna Linsley, with composition by Jan Mertens. 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