25 January is Robert Burns’ birthday. But the poems I wrote have been published! I didnae think anybody would read them!But people – important people, mind – are saying… that they’re great!

In one of the most famous love poems of all time, Burns goes all out to express the wonder of love: It’s beautiful like a flower, it’s sweet like music, it’s deep as the sea. And Burns isn ...

Tam O'Shanter Robert Burns’ most famous narrative poem, this mock-heroic epic details the ghostly adventures of the loveable drunkard Tam and reflects on some of the folk beliefs current in ...

The poem 'Robert Burns's Answer' (?1786) was written in response to Thomas Walker of Pool (d.c.1812). In 1786, Burns was publicly rebuked in Mauchline Kirk for impregnating Jean Armour ...

Robert Burns, also known as Rabbie, was born to a farming family in 1759 in Ayrshire, Scotland. He composed poetry while on the farm, and found inspiration in simple, everyday experiences.