10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOG COTTON»
Discover the use of
bog cotton in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bog cotton and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poets of Modern Ireland: Text, Context, Intertext
This poem does indeed 'make room' for bog cotton in that it finds a poetic space
for this local flower among other kinds of flower already made over into significant
poems: Keith Douglas's 'Desert Flowers', a poem of the Middle East in the ...
2
Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Pastoral Tradition
Elmer Kennedy-Andrews notes that Longley's choice of bog cotton is probably
influenced by Heaney's use of the bog as a distinctively Irish symbol of Irish
culture35—a symbol that conveniently allows both poets to circumvent the
sectarian ...
A patch of mist cleared and the moon shone down through giant bog cotton and
gnarled bog roots. “What are you up to?” asked Wilfred. “I thought I saw someone
in the distance. Near that stand of bog cotton. See over there! Near that dead ...
4
Hugh MacDiarmid: Selected Poetry
(To Seumas O'Sullivan) Cwa' een like milk-wort and bog-cotton hair! I love you,
earth, in this mood best o' a' When the shy spirit like a laich wind moves And frae
the lift nae shadow can fa' Since there's nocht left to thraw a shadow there Owre ...
Hugh MacDiarmid, Alan Riach, Michael Grieve, 2006
5
The Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-century Scottish Poetry
Milk-Wort and Bog-Cotton Hugh MacDiarmid Cwa' een like milk-wort and bog-
cotton hair! I love you, earth, in this mood best o' a' When the shy spirit like a laich
wind moves And frae the lift nae shadow can fa' Since there's nocht left to thraw a
...
Maurice Lindsay, Lesley Duncan, 2005
-if, 5 suputitsaq ^>ncS* (suputiksaq) bog cotton or any other dried herbs or
mosses used in the old days to start fire: tinder (sparks from silex stones hit
together falling on this material was enough to make a fire). 5 supuugaq ^> L* pi.
-if, (1) wind ...
7
The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry
Thus in 'Bog Cotton' (1979), Michael Longley speculatively aligns an Irish plant
with Isaac Rosenberg wearing a poppy 'behind his ear' and Keith Douglas's '
thirstier desert flowers'.2 This vista questions the remedial capacities of poetry, ...
8
Scottish Wonder Tales from Myth and Legend
The queen listened intently, and then spoke, saying: “I shall give you mine aid.
Until I have had made the garments of bog-cotton, there will be no rest for me, O
stranger, because you have rescued my son from death." Next morning the
queen ...
Donald Alexander Mackenzie, 1997
9
Plants at the Margin: Ecological Limits and Climate Change
3.11 Divergent strategies in bog cotton growth. (Left) The tufted non-foraging
species E. vaginatum which favours drier portions of the bog. (Right) The
foraging species E. angustifolium which grows in the wetter parts of the bog. Fig.
10
Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas
... stems, reminding me of ornate desk lamps with mauve-colored shades. Bog
cotton spangled the bog, a pale galaxy of white seedheads suspended a foot or
two above the damp mat and stretching from one end of the wetland to the other.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOG COTTON»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bog cotton is used in the context of the following news items.
Galway bypass residents to fight plans
The route chosen is in part to avoid bog cotton and limestone protected by an EU directive. Compensation has not yet been worked out, adding ... «UTV Ireland, May 15»
Road route to include two short underground tunnels and Corrib …
The western section of that road was refused permission due to its impacts on bog cotton in Tonobrokey. There were also problems on the east ... «Galway Advertiser, May 15»
Planners consider a 'seventh route' as deadline day on road …
... City Outer Bypass progressed under Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest, which would circumvent EU concerns over bog cotton. «Galway Advertiser, Apr 15»
No going back on Galway bypass
... Directive, because of the impact it would have on bog cotton and limestone pavements in designated special areas of conservation (SAC ). «Galway Advertiser, Apr 15»
Opponents of city bypass claim 200 homes could be destroyed
"There is heaps of land at the back that is under a Special Area of Conservation for limestone flagstones and bog cotton. They are not going ... «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
Only lawyers and consultants will support the N6 ring road routes …
... a protracted legal challenge based on environmental concerns relating to its impact on protected areas of bog cotton and limestone paving. «Galway Advertiser, Mar 15»
Healy-Eames demands councils scrap 'destructive' N6 ring road plans
... has to be to only avoid limestone pavement or bog cotton,” she said. ... Public Interest, which would circumvent EU concerns over bog cotton. «Galway Advertiser, Mar 15»
Galway delegation to travel to Europe to discuss bypass options
... the project was in violation of Article 6.3 of the EU Habitats Directive, on the grounds that it posed a threat to bog cotton in Tonabrocky. «Galway Advertiser, Mar 15»
Plan to 'scupper' N6 ring road to come before city council
... City Outer Bypass progressed under Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest, which would circumvent EU concerns over bog cotton. «Galway Advertiser, Mar 15»
Bog cotton or people's homes - that is the choice as wrecking ball …
Now 130 households are desperately nurturing sprigs of bog cotton in ... the EU Charter of Bog Cotton Rights, there is another factor that will ... «Galway Advertiser, Feb 15»
