warm-left-handed greetings to the Celtic Nations - Symphonic prose poem

[serge gurkski]

It's a tricky subject to tackle without upsetting somebody, particularly if you don't have a thorough understanding of the history and politics of Ulster. <<< regardless, i am afraid, of how thorough : the upsetting is unavoidable.

Why are you using the Gaelic forms of Belfast and Dublin? Are you aware of the politics of the Gaelic language, how there is resentment (from both sides) about how it has been used as a political football in the North? Perhaps you are aware, and that is the point?

Gaelic: yesterday night , I thought long about it and could not come up with a solution, that would not be wrong for one of both sides. just as you said. I confess (not talking politics now ) it was just the language itself that attracted me to use the Gaelic but then I noticed those names' political symbolism. In that respect I was indeed naive. I am very interested in the history of the isles as Norman Davies calls them.

I came up with this: Well, if neither Yeats nor Dylan nor Burns nor Joyce use it, then why should I? The whole thing somewhat deteriorated: It was first thought to be as an homage to those writers. I am afraid I messed up. I am a bit slow.

Not sure with this whole mess I created (even when with best intentions).
Maybe just read Dylan and Burns and leave the Celts alone. ;-) I am laughing about myself, not you. (I like the Irish. I take no sides. Not my business. Just sad about the conflict.
Thank you very much for your comments! Important to see how it is received (I almost expected it afte rethinking it more in-depth last night.)

cheers
Serge