Best Gu Poems

ALBA  GU  BRATH
(Scotland Forever)

Càit' a bheil thu a' fuireach?
(where are you from)
Tha mi a'fuireach ann an Alba
(we are from Alba)
Ceud maìlle fàilte.
(one hundred thousand welcomes)

Cha ghéill sinn
(we will never surrender/fall back)


ALBA GU  BRATH.

Andrew McIntyre © 2015....

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors, a preacher or two, 
and some interested parties with a mission 
and a grant, a willing grad student, not much...

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In "ole" Rocky Top state
On Four days mid-June.
They opened the gates.
Since twenty oh two.
Everybody's got a fave.
Ready to get loose.
In the Rocky Top State,
At a place called Bonnaroo.

The parties entwine. 
Like honey wine grapes.
Sunrise to Sunrise,
The Bands came to play.
All have a great time,
Everybody Grooves.
Yeah,...

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Chinese myth is about Pan Gu
First god who kept Yin-Yang true
Earth was made of Pa Gu’s prone corpse
His eyes became the sun and moon of course

His blood formed the rivers, all thousand and three
Sparse hair grew into China’s plants and trees
This god as much a...

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