Elizabeth Rimmer
Poet, Editor and Translator
Poetry which explores the human relationship with place and environment through interaction with plants, and the multi-dimensional learning associated with herbs.
Whether crafting an intimate, pithy poem about a pebble or tackling an ambitious sequence on social and ecological collapse, Elizabeth Rimmer writes in language that's all at once sensuous, precise and elegant.
Susan Richardson
All these careful noticings, of plants, vegetables, birds, geographies of actual place and tentative emotional uncovering, accumulate gently to a book that teaches unobtrusively a sharp sustained attention.
Alan Riach
Equal parts mystic and philosophical, her poems are nevertheless rooted in the observable everyday world.
Colin Waters
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Latest News
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Highlights of the Coming YearIf you have been waiting for news about the new book, I am sorry to have to tell you that the launch of Comrades of Dark Night has been rescheduled to May. However, this will now be in conjunction with the twentieth anniversary celebrations of the founding of [Red Squirrel Press.]() In an era wher...
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New Poetry Collection
My next full collection of poetry, Comrades of Dark Night will come out in May 2026. Like my previous work it is grounded in the awareness of my locality. In recording the processes of connecting with a new home and different landscape, it deals with questions of displacement and alienation, haunt...
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Latest Publication News
Six of my poems will feature in the Solstice Issue of Littoral Magazine, https://littoralpressuk.jimdofree.com/littoral-magazine/ due out on 21st June.
I will have work in the next three editions of the online literary magazine Mugwort. https://mugwortmag.wordpress.com/ There will be a poem in...
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Blogging on BurnedThumb.com
Blogging at BurnedThumb.com returns
Returning Post - The Dominion of Mercury
This site will continue as a professional showcase.
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World Poetry DayOn 21st March it is World Poetry Day. Thanks to the lovely people in charge there, I will be in Cambuslang Library at 11 o'clock to talk about my poetry. I'll read a few poems, including some from the new book - due out in March next year - and I'll have books to sell.
It would be wonderful to s...