COLLECTED POEMS, William Neill, is a massive two-volume collection of nearly 1000 poems that reveals William Neill as one of the most prolific and accomplished poets of the Scottish literary renaissance of the twentieth century.

'...in the front rank of Scottish poets of the century.' TOM SCOTT
'In his poems a robust intelligence is at work... ' GEORGE BRUCE
'The questioning mind is here, and the contempt for dogma... the love of life, the fun, the scholarship easily won, the directness of an honest man.' IAIN CRICHTON SMITH
'A many-sided, cultured yet direct poet' GEORGE CAMPBELL HAY
'Willam Neill is well established as one of the most versatile Scottish poets of the latter part of the twentieth century. A hearty welcome to his Collected Poems'. GORDON WRIGHT
Willie stood up for the 'small tongues' against 'the big mouths". A brilliant poet, and a peerless champion of Scotland's native languages' HUGH MCMILLAN
'Willie Neill was the greatest poet from the south of Scotland since Burns two centuries before. His poems spoke and still speak the truths and languages of and for the people and places he was always part of and never apart from.' STUART PATERSON