He deals with high-risk situations -- from mountaineering to love -- and is particularly good at presenting the gamut of feelings involved in rites of passage: high endeavour, commitment, holding back, drift, release' -- Edwin Morgan'A writer of integrity and imaginative energy' -- TLS'A lyric poet of rare gusto' -- The ObserverAlongside the mountain poems from Men on Ice, Order of the Day and Western Swing, Getting Higher features brand new material, facsimiles of previously unpublished material -- including his first poem, written in 1972 -- and illustrations and material from the National Library of Scotland archive. A beautiful collector's item full of illustrations, marginalia and notes. Rezensionen ( 0 )