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Poems for January. Thanks to Ailsa Clark and Karen Grant for this month's poems. The New Enlightenment - Learn from the past...
When my people were cleared
with callous lack of concern for them as a people
people broken
places empty
spiritually stripped
They went to new places
lands of opportunity
intrepid adventure
challenge and wealth
But what of the people encountered who's lands they explored
We must learn from the past
inequality breeds injustice
the kindred spirit together is strong
value the land
value the love
value the spirit forever
before forever is gone
Straws like tame lightnings lie about the grass
And hang zigzag on hedges. Green as glass
The water in the horse-trough shines.
Nine ducks go wobbling by in two straight lines.
A hen stares at nothing with one eye,
Then picks it up. Out of an empty sky
A swallow falls and, flickering through
The barn, dives up again into the dizzy blue.
I lie, not thinking, in the cool, soft grass,
Afraid of where a thought might take me -
This grasshopper with plated face
Unfolds his legs and finds himself in space.
Self under self, a pile of selves I stand
Threaded on time, and with metaphysic hand
Lift the farm like a lid and see
Farm within farm, and in the centre, me.
(suggested by Karen Grant: "this is one of my very favourite poems - Summer Farm by Norman Maccaig...")
Here is the nef presentation I will post report summary when it arrives. There are sensitivities around the work that we are trying to take forward. I feel that some partners still feel vulnerable challenging the status quo particularly those who ha…
Many thanks Ian for keeping us updated with this... I've been meaning to get in touch for a while after your very helpful contributions in the resilience group, which I'm aiming to restart in the near future. I'll look with interest at the workshop…
Is there any where I can get more details on this. I attended last years workshop in TIpp Institute, and would like to go to this one too.I checked Tipp Institute website and couldn't find details on it.
Is there any where I can get more details on this. I attended last years workshop in TIpp Institute, and would like to go to this one too.I checked Tipp Institute website and couldn't find details on it.
This is a follow on workshop from an earlier initiative. In this workshop we will be exploring our vision of what a Resilient Irish Rural Community looks like, we will discuss the contribution of the Carnegie Petal Model, Transition Towns, Tipperary…
Very powerful video, many thanks for posting... can't help but to spread the word and the message.
I wonder if more 'fiery spirits' have poems they might make a film from... it's got me thinking...