Elizabeth Rimmer is a poet, editor and occasional translator who is widely published in magazines and online. She is influenced by her experience of growing and using herbs, producing a modern translation of the Old English Charm of Nine Herbs in 2017, and a pamphlet with Roncadora Press called Charms for the Healing of Grief in 2023.
Elizabeth Rimmer has published four collections of poetry with Red Squirrel Press, Wherever We Live Now, (2011), The Territory of Rain, (2015), and Haggards (2018), and The Well of the Moon (2021). She has edited nineteen full poetry collections and eight pamphlets for Red Squirrel Press, and anthologies for the Federation of Writers (Scotland) and the Scottish Writers Centre. She is a member of the Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, and runs the ecopoetry discussion website Ceasing Never.
Latest Blog Posts
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The Words of Mercury
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The Tipping Point
It is peak bramble time, jam-making, pickling, apple cake and plum crumble time. The first geese are here, and the last housemartins are lining up to leave. The bird population in the garden has changed – the sparrows are mostly in the fields just now, so the blue tits have a chance at the feeders.…
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Remembering, Renewal, Rebirth
I’m thinking a lot at the moment about ‘heritage’. It is a loaded word, often used to create barriers around places, or topics or art forms, that say ‘Mine! Keep out!’ Living in a culture that has been both colonised, and complicit in colonising other cultures, it feels like a minefield. But the concept is…
Upcoming Events
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Fundraiser Event in Aid of MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank
Biggar-based publisher Red Squirrel Press invites you to an afternoon of Red Squirrel Press poets and friends in aid of MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank. Featuring some of the best-known names in poetry, WN (Bill) Herbert, Dundee Makar and Professor of Poetry, Sean O’Brien, multi award- winning poet and Emeritus Professor, Colin Will, writer, musician, former Scottish Poetry…
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Glasgow Review of Books
The Glasgow Review of Books was on hiatus for a long time, but under the direction of CD Boyland, has recently been relaunched, with a beautiful new format, and a LOT of fascinating articles, reviews poetry and more. You can find it here. Long-term readers of this blog will know I have been a fan…
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Charms for the Healing of Grief
This lovely thing just arrived. It is the booklet of the charm bracelet Hugh Bryden of Roncadora Press made There are seven charms, all Scottish emblems of healing – the owl, heather, daisy, pine, yarrow, oats and lark, and the charms are based on traditional healing traditions – except perhaps the owl. Often owls are…