06-26-2011, 06:42 AM
Gentleman, thank you.
David, I want to "lose" the metaphor in the last line, though technically I think the volta comes in the two lines preceding. This is, as Billy mentions, a love poem -- trying to map the person through the place. It was a long time after leaving Scotland that I felt able to write about it -- it's a dreadful place for an artist to be stuck, surrounded by such a weight of cultural achievements that you can't help but feel incapable of adding to. But my other half is Scottish, and I had things to understand about what that actually means. "Skirl" is a term most often used for the noise of the bagpipes (and I do mean noise!)
Billy, spitting on the Heart feels bloody good, I must say. It's a wonderful "f-u" to the English (no offence mate!) and a great way to get in the mood for all the whisky bars along the Royal Mile
David, I want to "lose" the metaphor in the last line, though technically I think the volta comes in the two lines preceding. This is, as Billy mentions, a love poem -- trying to map the person through the place. It was a long time after leaving Scotland that I felt able to write about it -- it's a dreadful place for an artist to be stuck, surrounded by such a weight of cultural achievements that you can't help but feel incapable of adding to. But my other half is Scottish, and I had things to understand about what that actually means. "Skirl" is a term most often used for the noise of the bagpipes (and I do mean noise!)
Billy, spitting on the Heart feels bloody good, I must say. It's a wonderful "f-u" to the English (no offence mate!) and a great way to get in the mood for all the whisky bars along the Royal Mile
It could be worse