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Enjoy Burns Night when it comes; new poem with thanks to the Bard

(Adapted from Burns' My Heart's In the Highlands)

My Heart is In Assynt by Erik Zoha

My heart is in Assynt, my heart is not here;

My heart is in Assynt, shooting Suilven;

Shooting Suilven, Ben More and Quinag too,

My heart is in Assynt, wherever I go.

Farewell to Lochinver, farewell to Kirkaig,

Adopted home of poet Norman MacCaig,

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam,

The mountains of Assynt forever i love.

Farewell to the high hills covered in snow;

Farewell to the straths and glens down below;

Farewell to the gneiss and ancient sandstone;

Farewell to the torrents, waterfalls, lochs.

My heart is in Assynt, my heart is not here,

My heart is in Assynt, admiring Stac Pollaidh:

Admiring Cul Mor, Cul Beag, Canisp too,

My heart is in Assynt, wherever I go.

Comment by Placebook Scotland on January 24, 2011 at 17:51: Great Poem Eric,

Inspired by Burns but so much easier to decipher!!

Comment by Erik Zoha on January 25, 2011 at 0:54: Cheers - thanks PBS, it was fun to write; read it out at an open mic night in Dundee tonight and it was well received. Good for me the original is out of copyright restrictions!

Comment by Placebook Scotland on January 31, 2011 at 12:12: Definitely! trying to work out how to put a map link to this, not sure I can at the moment, but be good to have it linked to from the Scotland map when it is up.

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Comment by Erik Zoha on January 31, 2011 at 12:33: Cheers, was trying to work out how the map link works re photo locations but it appeared to be broken.

Comment by Placebook Scotland on February 2, 2011 at 8:53: HMMM will check that out because it shouldn't be. Will get back to you.

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