Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was the first collection of poetry produced by Robert Burns. Published in Kilmarnock in July 1786 it has become known as The Kilmarnock Edition.
The contents include 44 of Burns’ best known poems including To a Louse, The Cotter’s Saturday Night, To a Mouse, The Two Dogs and To a Mountain Daisy. This new edition was published in 2009 to celebrate Burns’ 250th birthday.
The Luath Kilmarnock Edition brought this classic of Scottish literature back into print, after being unavailable for many years. New material includes an introduction by John Cairney. There is an afterword by Clark McGinn.