Able Muse - william dunbar https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/1377/1377?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7 en The Two Old Nags https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/william-dunbar/the-two-old-nags?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7 <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;The Twa Cummeris&rdquo;</em></p> <p>Early one Ash Wednesday dawn,<br /> Two gossips sat, guzzling wine.<br /> Leaning a hand on her corpulent knee,<br /> Groaning and . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/william-dunbar/the-two-old-nags?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/william-dunbar/the-two-old-nags?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7#comments Poetry Translation kent leatham poem poetry translation scots sonnet the twa cummeris the two old nags translation v17 william dunbar Sun, 15 Jun 2014 18:34:35 +0000 Alex Pepple 1040 at https://www.ablemuse.com William Dunbar https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/william-dunbar?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7 <p>William Dunbar (c. 1456 – 1520) trained as a Franciscan novice in addition to studying at the University of St Andrews, Oxford, and Paris. He served as an ambassador and court poet of King James IV, for whom his work epitomized the ideals of the &ldquo;Northern Renaissance.&rdquo; His most famous work, &ldquo;Lament for the Makaris&rdquo; eulogizes twenty-four early Scots/English poets including Geoffrey Chaucer, John Barbour, Blind Harry, and Robert Henryson.<p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/william-dunbar?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/william-dunbar?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7#comments Bios author bio kent leatham poem poetry poetry translation prose poems scots translation v17 william dunbar Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:40:14 +0000 Alex Pepple 1037 at https://www.ablemuse.com Kent Leatham https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/kent-leatham?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7 <p>Kent Leatham holds an MFA in poetry from Emerson College and a BA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University. His translations of medieval/Renaissance Scots-language poetry have appeared or are forthcoming from <em>InTranslation, Rowboat, Anomalous Press,</em> and <em>Ezra.</em> His original poetry has appeared in dozens of journals nationwide, such as <em>Ploughshares</em>,<em> Fence</em>,<em> Zoland</em>, and <em>Poetry Quarterly.</em> Previously a poetry editor for Black Lawrence Press, Kent currently teaches at California State University Monterey Bay.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/kent-leatham?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/kent-leatham?s=d3387361656f2296db08b6911ce83cc7#comments Bios author bio gavin douglas kent leatham poem poetry poetry translation scots translation v17 william dunbar william fowler Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:58:22 +0000 Alex Pepple 1034 at https://www.ablemuse.com