Death was no barrier to writing poetry for a man of Robert Burns’s skills. At least, that’s what a group of spiritualists known as the Yorkshire Table Rappers believed. In the Victorian era ...

Burns repeated the verses to his brother the next afternoon as he was draining a field. In the poem, Death has time to sit and gossip with a ploughman, who is on his way home from a night of ...

In a letter to Dr John Moore, Burns intimates that 'The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie' is one of his earliest productions. The poem is first recorded in Burns's First Commonplace Book ...

Gilbert Burns in his edition of his brother's poetry cast doubt on the authenticity of this poem but the renowned Burns scholar James Kinsley later proved that it was indeed written by Burns.

The legacy of an 18th century poet said to have inspired Robert Burns and known for his famous poem about “Auld Reikie” is to be commemorated on the 250th anniversary of his death. Robert ...

Burns was also a lover of scotch whisky, with many of his poems ... Originate? Robert Burns died at the age of 37 in 1796. On ...

IDAHO FALLS – A celebration of Scottish heritage and Scotland’s most famous poet is happening next month at The Waterfront at ...

“At the 100th (anniversary) commemoration of Robert Burns’s death, someone said ‘we should ... “They composed special poems for the occasion (in the style of Robert Burns).