About
Scottish concrete poet and artist best known for a 1963 poetry collection entitled Rapel. His numerous artistic designs include Little Sparta (a garden in Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Six Definitions (a sculpture in Edinburgh, Scotland).
Before Fame
He was born to Scottish parents in the Bahamas, and he served in the British Army during World War II.
Trivia
He decorated his five-acre garden, "Little Sparta," with stone sculptures into which poems were etched.
Family Life
He married twice and fathered two children.
Associated With
He and Alan Bold were both Scottish poets.
