Carry a Poem

Rory Bremner carries his in his head. Lorraine Kelly pins hers to her jacket. How do you carry yours? In your wallet? In your pocket? On your Ipod? In February 2010 Edinburgh’s residents were challenged to carry a poem as thousands of free Carry A Poem books and pocket poetry cards were handed out across the city as part of its fourth citywide reading campaign.

Let the Carry a Poem team know how you carry your poem, and what it means to you, at www.carryapoem.com

If you don’t have a particular verse in mind – don’t worry – be inspired by the stories and poems in the book and on the website. Join in and discover a new poem to carry with you.

Poems at Concerts

During the month of February artists featured in SCO concerts chose their favourite poems which were published in our concert programmes. This was launched at our concert on Thursday 4th February, L'Enfance du Christ

Carry a Poem Blog

The poems have now been featured on the Carry a Poem blog. Click on the links below to find out why these poems were chosen by our featured artists and SCO Managing Director Roy McEwan.

Robin Ticciati: Autumn
Pete Whelan: Linden Lea
Karen Cargill: Liebst du um Schönheit
Roy McEwan: Futility

Campaign Animation

The Carry a Poem campaign animation exploded onto screens in Edinburgh and online. Click on the video below to watch the trailer animated by our Lost Book collaborators, Binary Fable.