The Poet
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| Originally published | 1996 |
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| Authors | Michael Connelly |
| Followed by | The Scarecrow |
| Series | Jack McEvoy |
| Genres | Crime Fiction |
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| ID | 1168537 |
About The Poet
The Poet is the fifth novel by award-winning American author Michael Connelly. Published in 1996, it is the first of Connelly's novels not to feature Detective Harry Bosch and first to feature Crime Reporter Jack McEvoy. A sequel, The Narrows, was published in 2004. The Poet won the 1997 Dilys Award.
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... Completely overwhelming The video draws to a close with words from The Poet, WB Yeats: " There are no strangers here, only friends you haven t yet met"...
Simon Armitage: Poet laureate on 'life-changing' visit to the Arctic
... " And I started to think that that might be part of the role of The Poet in the contemporary age - to speak up for nature, rather than just use it in a poem...
Pablo Neruda: Chilean poet's death still shrouded in mystery
... Forensic experts in Canada, Denmark and elsewhere have pored over The Poet s remains in a bid to establish what killed him, but have been unable to provide a definitive answer...
Seamus Heaney: Digging through Nobel Prize winner's legacy
... Hilary draws a line from Heaney s success to, and - for her, that level of talent wouldn t exist without The Poet s influence...
Town celebrates Robert Burns' first book of poems
... The East Ayrshire town plans to mark the anniversary of The Poet s funeral and the publication of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect with a festival featuring poetry and music...
Memorial celebrates 'radical spirit of Scotland' Winnie Ewing
... Mr Salmond ended by saying The Poet Hugh MacDiarmid had once described Robert Burns as " the true radical spirit of Scotland" and said that is " exactly how we should remember Winnie Ewing"...
Dylan Thomas' copy of first poetry book up for auction
... The book includes messages from The Poet to two of his love interests...
Memorial celebrates 'radical spirit of Scotland' Winnie Ewing
Former First Minister Alex Salmond has led tributes to SNP politician Winnie Ewing at a memorial service in Inverness.
Known famously as Madame Ecosse,.
She became Scotland 's first SNP female parliamentarian After Her shock victory at the Hamilton by-election in 1967.
Mr Salmond told The Service in Inverness Cathedral Mrs Ewing was " the true radical spirit of Scotland ".
He added: " Winnie's commitment to Scotland was instinctive, heartfelt, her Scottish nationalism The Product of a loving family upbringing even through the turbulence of wartime Scotland .
" Her real achievement was to tilt the Axis Of Scottish politics, to put Scottish independence on the map and help define it as a positive, forward-looking, internationalist force.
" All That and to have the genius to define it in one single phrase ringing through The Years ; 'Stop The World - Scotland wants to get on'".
Mr Salmond ended by saying The Poet Hugh Macdiarmid had once described Robert Burns as " the true radical spirit of Scotland " and said that is " exactly how we should remember Winnie Ewing ".
A second eulogy was given by former Scottish Government Health Secretary Alex Neil Who Said Mrs Ewing had " changed The Face of British politics forever".
First Minister Humza Yousaf , Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP Kate Forbes all gave readings.
Mr Yousaf earlier told Bbc Scotland that Mrs Ewing had been a " colossus of our movement".
He added: " It is actually hard to put into words just what an impact she has had not just on the SNP, The Cause of independence but on the country as a whole.
" She is immortalised in our party and our movement. "
Other attendees included former Scottish Government finance secretaries John Swinney and Derek Mackay , as well as ex-health secretary Jeane Freeman .
Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross was also at The Service and said that Mrs Ewing had served the Highlands well during her time as a parliamentarian.
He added: " She was a trailblazer not just for the Independence Movement but also for women in politics. "
As well as serving in both the UK and Scottish Parliaments, Mrs Ewing was also a member of the European Parliament from 1975 to 1999, becoming known as Madame Ecosse and being given the title Mother of the European Parliament .
In July 2001, she announced her intention to Stand Down as a list MSP for the Highlands and Islands ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections.
Mrs Ewing is Survived By three children and four grandchildren.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com