SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 604 Title : Fields Needing Angels Author(s): Maureen Sangster Copyright holder(s): Maureen Sangster Text Fields needing angels are full of foaming fury, The harvest, like a whirlwind, never stays, So, knocking on the North Sea, they ask for static glory, Fields needing angels keep yesterday, today. Horizons shimmer but the haystacks built are harnessed. A bird, like a pebble, drops to tap the grain And, fields demanding glory will howl until they're witnessed, Yet, how silently, in guilty rage, the labourers stack the bales. And fields needing angels will lash their foaming fury Until in late prisons they shall meet their dead Who, turned into good monsters, daughters, not a morning glory Will have buds so unlike roses there'll be no baby's head. Oh fields needing angels, how much they need angels But not descended from the farming God to whom they pray They needs angels of compassion who will split their staunch division Between men and women, rich and poor and give ALL equal say But those distant fields of fury preserve anger that no glory Took matters into its hands, praised them for what they'd gained. What? their miserable remittances wrenched from workers' hands and faces, Our angels must resist land lust and land gain, RECLAIM! This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1984 Word count: 198 Text medium Book: Text publication details Published: Publisher: Scottish Cultural Press Publication year: 1997 Place of publication: Edinburgh ISBN/ISSN: 189821865X Edition: 1st Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Other: Written initially for own pleasure. Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 249 Forenames: Maureen Surname: Sangster Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1950 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 18 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Kirkcaldy Region of residence: Fife Residence CSD dialect area: Fif Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Teacher Father's place of birth: St Fergus Father's region of birth: Buchan Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Buchan Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Teacher Mother's place of birth: Skene Mother's region of birth: Aberdeen Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: For general use Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: In Scots-speaking company. Poetry writing/readings