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		<title>Poetry Hitch &#8211; Day 2 Manchester to Edinburgh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 11:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve never hit a low so low and a high so high in the space of a few hours. The 14 hours we spent were awesome, life enriching, eye opening and all in all a great experience. we met people &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/poetry-hitch-day-2-manchester-to-edinburgh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=402&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>We&#8217;ve never hit a low so low and a high so high in the space of a few hours.</p>
<p>The 14 hours we spent were awesome, life enriching, eye opening and all in all a great experience. we met people from every walk of life.To have to rely on the kindness of strangers was very alien to us (except for Catherine of course!!). One phrase that will stick with me for the rest of my life &#8211; &#8220;I was looking to pick someone up&#8221;.</p>
<p>enjoy this special episode of poetry hitch.</p>
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		<title>Day 2 &#8211; Departure Manchester</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Departure from Regent Road in Manchester on our way to Edinburgh for tonights show at Inky Fingers So We travel Like this approximately http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&#038;source=s_d&#038;saddr=Regent+Rd,+Manchester,+Greater+Manchester,+UK&#038;daddr=Edinburgh,+Midlothian+EH11EY+GB&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=FZH4LwMd-Xnd_ynf9i1eH657SDFP_XjU-ve-IA%3BFSWtVQMdblLP_ymR9T3EhMeHSDFwJORpLVE24A&#038;mra=ls&#038;sll=53.475473,-2.262535&#038;sspn=0.006539,0.021136&#038;g=regent+rd+Manchester&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;t=h&#038;ll=54.711929,-2.977295&#038;spn=1.904087,3.295898&#038;z=7&#038;output=embedView Larger Map To get here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&#038;source=s_q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=Forest+cafe+3+bristo+Edinburgh,+Midlothian+EH11EY+GB&#038;aq=&#038;g=3+Bristo+Pl,+Edinburgh+EH1+1EY&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;hq=Forest+cafe+3+bristo&#038;hnear=Edinburgh+EH1+1EY,+United+Kingdom&#038;t=h&#038;ll=55.946532,-3.190155&#038;spn=0.007209,0.012875&#038;z=15&#038;iwloc=A&#038;output=embedView Larger Map In time for this inkyfingers edinburg Inky Fingers &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/day-2-departure-manchester/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=391&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Departure from Regent Road in Manchester on our way to Edinburgh for tonights show at Inky Fingers</p>
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<p>So We travel Like this approximately<br />
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<p>To get here<br />
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<p>In time for this</p>
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<a>inkyfingers edinburg</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First performance night of poetry hitch @ Contact Theatre in Manchester Three from Catherine this time around enjoy.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=396&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First performance night of poetry hitch @ Contact Theatre in Manchester</p>
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<p>Three from Catherine this time around enjoy.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first morning of poetry hitch as Catherine and crew travel from london to Manchester arriving at their first base of operations, To follow is a video of the first night performance but untill then enjoy the misadvenutre as Catherine &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/poetry-hitch-the-first-morning-is-upon-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=386&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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The first morning of poetry hitch as Catherine and crew travel from london to Manchester arriving at their first base of operations, To follow is a video of the first night performance but untill then enjoy the misadvenutre as Catherine et al. are moved by the police, meet a gracious Argentinian and walk in the wonderful Manchester sun.</p>
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		<title>Poetry Hitch Pess Release</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 19:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is hitch-hiking dead? Is poetry dead? At a time of great social disconnectedness – and very little cash – performance poet Catherine Brogan tries to find out. She’s hitching to four performances in four days, taking with her, two hitch-hiking &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/poetry-hitch-pess-release/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=374&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is hitch-hiking dead? Is poetry dead? At a time of great social disconnectedness – and very little cash – performance poet Catherine Brogan tries to find out. She’s hitching to four performances in four days, taking with her, two hitch-hiking novices – to document the journey.  Web episodes will be uploaded from the road with people encouraged to share their stories of hitching and poetry.<br />
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<p><strong>The Plan</strong><br />
To hitch from London to Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cumnock and back.<br />
4 days, 4 gigs, 939 miles</p>
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<p><strong>To film</strong> the journey, the poetry events and the poetry scene in each city. Giving a flavour of what it’s like to be a hitch-hiker, joining in on all the highs and lows of this low impact, low cost form of transport. The film makers, Owen Baker and Khanseng Mein, both love poetry and have made a number of films with poems and poets and they run http://poetryandfilm.wordpress.com/ . The project combines their passions for poetry, travel and film.</p>
<p><strong>To share</strong> each episode in as near to real time as possible, as often as possible during the hitch. A web-episode from the road will go up on Catherine’s website, www.catherinebrogan.com in the poetry hitch section. You can find out how far she’s got, if she’ll make the show and get a taste of what the poetry scene is like in the three cities she visits.<br />
<strong>To record</strong> poets, poetry events and audiences in different cities.<br />
You can also follow the journey on Catherine’s Facebook, Twitter and You Tube.<br />
<strong>To explore</strong> the power of poetry and hitching to connect people.</p>
<h1><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="http://catherinebrogan.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/poetry_hitch_pr.pdf">Poetry_Hitch_PR</a></strong></span></h1>
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		<title>Poetry Hitch Begins.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 17:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poetry Hitch will give a flavour of what it’s like to be a hitch-hiker, joining in on all the highs and lows of this low impact, low cost form of transport. How can the arts and poetry survive in these &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/poetry-hitch-begins/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=318&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Poetry Hitch will give a flavour of what it’s like to be a hitch-hiker, joining in on all the highs and lows of this low impact, low cost form of transport. How can the arts and poetry survive in these uncertain economic time?</p>
<p>Our solution is – do it on the cheap.<br />
As well as the documentary going out ‘as live as possible’, there will be a short film produced at the end and the crew hope this will be the first of many Poetry Hitches.</p>
<p>Keep track of the Journey Here and via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/Poetryhitch/" target="_blank">PoetryHitch on Youtube</a> or Via <a href="http://poetryandfilm.wordpress.com/poetryhitch/" target="_blank">PoetryandFilm</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sister has translated me into French! She is an amazing poet, linguist and translator so i&#8217;m very honored. I&#8217;m hoping to go to some poetry events with her in Paris next week and work out a way to perform &#8230; <a href="http://catherinebrogan.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/brogan-translation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=catherinebrogan.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17539827&amp;post=73&amp;subd=catherinebrogan&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My sister has translated me into French! She is an amazing poet, linguist and translator so i&#8217;m very honored. I&#8217;m hoping to go to some poetry events with her in Paris next week and work out a way to perform with her.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s two poems, sorry i couldn&#8217;t work out how to make them sit side by side as Una lovingly sent them to me, Frenchis after the English.</p>
<blockquote><p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Shan’s poem</span></em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>My mate from Pakistan goes back to the homeland</em></p>
<p><em>But its house arrest for Shan</em></p>
<p><em>Grandparents home by US Embassy,</em></p>
<p><em>We’re supposed to go someday</em></p>
<p><em>Its years since that was a possibility</em></p>
<p><em>And we have this game together</em></p>
<p><em>About whose country is better</em></p>
<p><em>At topping the news bulletin</em></p>
<p><em>Reporting who’s had a bullet in</em></p>
<p><em>Invariably it’s mine</em></p>
<p><em>But there’s no danger when I dine</em></p>
<p><em>At my Northern Irish family home,</em></p>
<p><em>Nip back when I hear mum moan</em></p>
<p><em>Its years since Shan’s gone</em></p>
<p><em>Hard to leave for so long</em></p>
<p><em>And not visit the North</em></p>
<p><em>The mountain ranges, desolate places,</em></p>
<p><em>Explosive changes</em></p>
<p><em>And it’s always been this way</em></p>
<p><em>And mine’s gets better, hers gets worst</em></p>
<p><em>And the procession behind the hearse,</em></p>
<p><em>Commits the dead to verse</em></p>
<p><em>And Jihad video.</em></p>
<p><em>And continues to sow</em></p>
<p><em>In the fertile minds</em></p>
<p><em>Of martyrs friends</em></p>
<p><em>That they must seek revenge.</em></p>
<p><em>And I know Shan’s scared</em></p>
<p><em>What with all the news we’ve heard</em></p>
<p><em>And we’re both exiles in London</em></p>
<p><em>And our countries are long gone</em></p>
<p><em>Cause what is there to do</em></p>
<p><em>Between me and you</em></p>
<p><em>To make our countries better</em></p>
<p><em>Cause life is for living and here its free</em></p>
<p><em>And on our head let it be</em></p>
<p><em>My grandfather was a sheep farmer</em></p>
<p><em>Shopkeeper, bread man, father of ten</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s was the grandfather of the judiciary</em></p>
<p><em>Very different men</em></p>
<p><em>He’s got his name in history</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s got surnames on street signs</em></p>
<p><em>My granddad has zero Google finds</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s great-granddad was the first chief     justice</em></p>
<p><em>And what will become of us</em></p>
<p><em>What is our responsibility</em></p>
<p><em>To our country’s history?</em></p>
<p><em>It’s messy when the enemy&#8217;s within</em></p>
<p><em>And you find yourself in publishing</em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Poème pour Shan</span></em></p>
<p><em>Ma pote de Pakistan rentre à la patrie</em></p>
<p><em>Mais pour Shan c’est l’assignation à résidence</em></p>
<p><em>Chez ses grands parents près de l’ambassade des Etats-Unis.</em></p>
<p><em>Un jour on est censé y aller</em></p>
<p><em>Mais depuis des années il n’y a plus la possibilité</em></p>
<p><em>Et on s’amuse à se demander</em></p>
<p><em>Lequel de nos deux pays</em></p>
<p><em>Est le plus souvent à la une</em></p>
<p><em>Pour une histoire d’infortune.</em></p>
<p><em>Invariablement, c’est chez moi</em></p>
<p><em>Mais je peux manger sans effroi</em></p>
<p><em>A la maison en Irlande du nord</em></p>
<p><em>Rentrer vite quand ma mère dit que j’ai tort/Y aller quand ma mère se plaint fort</em></p>
<p><em>Ca fait des années depuis que Shan n’est rentrée</em></p>
<p><em>Difficile de partir pour une si longue durée</em></p>
<p><em>De ne pas visiter le nord;</em></p>
<p><em>les paysages escarpés, les environs désolés, les changements effrénés.</em></p>
<p><em>Et c’est comme ça depuis toujours</em></p>
<p><em>De pire en pire chez elle, chez moi ça s’améliore</em></p>
<p><em>Et le cortège derrière chaque corbillard</em></p>
<p><em>Confie les morts à la postérité</em></p>
<p><em>Par une verse ou vidéo en toute fierté</em></p>
<p><em>Continuant à semer</em></p>
<p><em>Dans l’esprit fécond</em></p>
<p><em>Des amis de martyrs</em></p>
<p><em>Un message de vengeance.</em></p>
<p><em>Et je sais bien que Shan stresse</em></p>
<p><em>Après tout ce qu’on a vu dans la presse</em></p>
<p><em>On est toutes deux exilées à Londres</em></p>
<p><em>Et l’image de nos pays commence à fondre.</em></p>
<p><em>Car on peut faire quoi, toi et moi</em></p>
<p><em>Pour améliorer la situation dans nos pays</em></p>
<p><em>Il faut profiter de la vie, et ici c’est gratuit</em></p>
<p><em>A nos risques et périls.</em></p>
<p><em>Mon grand père était berger,</em></p>
<p><em>Commerçant, boulanger, le père de dix enfants</em></p>
<p><em>Celui de Shan était le grand-père du système judiciaire</em></p>
<p><em>Des hommes très différents</em></p>
<p><em>Il a laissé son nom dans l’histoire</em></p>
<p><em>Sur les panneaux de rues, leur nom de famille</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Sur Google il n’y a pas de retour pour mon papi.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>L’arrière grand-père de Shan fut le premier juge en chef</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Et nous, qu’est-ce qu’on devient, bref</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Quelle est notre responsabilité</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Envers l’histoire de notre terre de nationalité?</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>C’est dur quand l’ennemi intime te demande « a quoi bon</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Faire un boulot dans une maison d’édition ? »</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A training ground</span></em></p>
<p><em>A training ground for the British Army</em><br />
<em>Sorry to alarm yeh,</em><br />
<em>But they called it The Troubles </em><br />
<em>Cause they never really, took it seriously.</em><br />
<em>It was just quite handy </em><br />
<em>To patrol in armoured Landy</em><br />
<em>Streets and fields</em><br />
<em>With guaranteed hot meals</em><br />
<em>A foreign hostile land</em><br />
<em>Without sun or sand</em><br />
<em>Not too far from England</em><br />
<em>Cut down on fuel cost</em><br />
<em>And what of lives lost</em><br />
<em>Sure they didn’t give a toss.</em><br />
<em>They had this trick</em><br />
<em>Where they’d take a mick</em><br />
<em>Up in a helicopter,</em><br />
<em>Blind fold the bugger,</em><br />
<em>Hover, lower</em><br />
<em>Then kick him out,</em><br />
<em>Laugh as he’d shout</em><br />
<em>Or white light, white noise</em><br />
<em>For the Long Kesh boys</em><br />
<em>Internment – where you have a stint</em><br />
<em>At her majesty’s pleasure,</em><br />
<em>With no charge or jury to measure</em><br />
<em>The nature of your crime</em><br />
<em>Or length of your time.</em><br />
<em>They use the word</em><br />
<em>To hide the absurd</em><br />
<em>Internment – imprisonment</em><br />
<em>The Troubles &#8211; civil war</em><br />
<em>Plantation – occupation</em><br />
<em>People stripped of right</em><br />
<em>Forced from land and sight.</em><br />
<em>But back to living history</em><br />
<em>It really is no mystery</em><br />
<em>The Troubles helped the army</em><br />
<em>The little occupation,</em><br />
<em>Didn’t cause a refugee situation</em><br />
<em>People ran away,</em><br />
<em>To see another day</em><br />
<em>On foreign building sites,</em><br />
<em>Or worked nights</em></p>
<p><em>In a cousins Irish pub</em><br />
<em>Found a way to slug</em><br />
<em>It out</em><br />
<em>This Northern Irish rout</em><br />
<em>People fled,</em><br />
<em>Saw loved ones shot dead</em><br />
<em>And among the troubled faces</em><br />
<em>The army built bases</em><br />
<em>Blocked roads, built watch towers</em><br />
<em>To watch the people cower</em><br />
<em>And when the IRA got real power</em><br />
<em>By bombing a Brighton hotel,</em><br />
<em>Making Thatcher see the hell,</em><br />
<em>She had unleashed,</em><br />
<em>On many a person’s head,</em><br />
<em>Saw her own loved ones dead</em><br />
<em>So Maggie says,</em><br />
<em>I think it would be wise</em><br />
<em>To talk and compromise</em><br />
<em>And a quarter of a century later,</em><br />
<em>We still berate her</em><br />
<em>The hunger striker hater</em><br />
<em>And as we try and reason why</em><br />
<em>Too many people die</em><br />
<em>I say disband army</em><br />
<em>They have little sympathy</em><br />
<em>With the civilian population</em><br />
<em>They worsen a situation</em><br />
<em>We need an army of social workers</em><br />
<em>Physiatrists, physios, Doctors, </em><br />
<em>So take your 19 year old yob</em><br />
<em>And find him a better job</em><br />
<em>Train him in chemotherapy</em><br />
<em>Cause where I’m from cancer is the real enemy</em><br />
<em>The new land mine, death that takes time,</em><br />
<em>Killed slowly through neglect</em><br />
<em>And the politicians don’t give a feck</em><br />
<em>Them ex-terrorists got paid off</em><br />
<em>While the alliance got laid off.</em><br />
<em>My mum marched for civil rights</em><br />
<em>Joined the peace people, stayed out of fights,</em><br />
<em>Now she’s rolling in pain</em></p>
<p><em>Because the healthcare provision is insane,</em><br />
<em>While the politicians are rolling in sterling</em><br />
<em>Guess it must dilute the all-Ireland yearning.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Un terrain d’entrainement</span></em></p>
<p><em>Un terrain d’entrainement pour l’armée britannique</em></p>
<p><em>Désolée si ça vous panique</em></p>
<p><em>Mais ils ont appelé ça les « Troubles »</em></p>
<p><em>Car ils ne l’ont jamais pris au sérieux</em></p>
<p><em>C’était plutôt pratique, je dirais,</em></p>
<p><em>De patrouiller dans des tanks armés</em></p>
<p><em>Des rues et des prairies</em></p>
<p><em>Avec des repas chauds garantis.</em></p>
<p><em>Etrangère et hostile, cette terre</em></p>
<p><em>Sans soleil, sans désert</em></p>
<p><em>Pas très loin d’Angleterre</em></p>
<p><em>Le coût de carburant allégé</em></p>
<p><em>Et peu importe les gens tués</em></p>
<p><em>Ca ne les a pas déconcertés.</em></p>
<p><em>Des fois ils s’amusaient</em></p>
<p><em>A mettre un Irlandais</em></p>
<p><em>Dans un hélicoptère, monter dans les airs</em></p>
<p><em>Lui bander des yeux</em></p>
<p><em>Planer, descendre</em></p>
<p><em>Puis le foutre dehors</em></p>
<p><em>Riant à son essor.</em></p>
<p><em>Ou le son blanc, ou pire, rien n’empêche</em></p>
<p><em>Pour les gars en tole à Long Kesh</em></p>
<p><em>Internement- quand tu passes un séjour</em></p>
<p><em>Grâce à sa majesté la reine</em></p>
<p><em>Ni charge ni jury ne décidant ta peine,</em></p>
<p><em>La nature de ton infraction,</em></p>
<p><em>La date de ton libération.</em></p>
<p><em>Ils emploient ce mot</em></p>
<p><em>Pour cacher le complot</em></p>
<p><em>Internement – emprisonnement</em></p>
<p><em>Les Troubles – guerre civile</em></p>
<p><em>Plantation – occupation.</em></p>
<p><em>Personnes déchues de leurs droits</em></p>
<p><em>Forcées d’abandonner leurs terres et leurs voix.</em></p>
<p><em>Mais revenons aux faits concrets</em></p>
<p><em>Ce n’est aucunement un secret</em></p>
<p><em>Que les Troubles ont aidé l’armée.</em></p>
<p><em>L’occupation à petite échelle</em></p>
<p><em>N’a pas crée des réfugiés réels</em></p>
<p><em>Les gens ont fui</em></p>
<p><em>Vers d’autres pays</em></p>
<p><em>Où ils bossaient dans des chantiers</em></p>
<p><em>Ou passaient leurs nuits à travailler</em></p>
<p><em>Dans le pub irlandais d’un cousin</em></p>
<p><em>Trouvant un moyen de se débrouiller</em></p>
<p><em>Dans cette déroute irlandaise</em></p>
<p><em>Les gens se sont sauvés</em></p>
<p><em>Ont vu leurs proches fusillés</em></p>
<p><em>Et parmi les visages troublés</em></p>
<p><em>L’armée a bâti et barricadé,</em></p>
<p><em>Des routes, des bases, des miradors</em></p>
<p><em>Pour imposer leur droit du plus fort.</em></p>
<p><em>Et quand l’IRA a fait un carton</em></p>
<p><em>En bombardant un hôtel à Brighton Thatcher a dû regarder l’enfer</em></p>
<p><em>Où beaucoup vivaient à cause d’elle</em></p>
<p><em>Et voir tués ses amis personnels.</em></p>
<p><em>Donc Maggie a dit</em></p>
<p><em>Je pense que c’est le moment</em></p>
<p><em>De parler et faire des accommodements</em></p>
<p><em>Et un quart de siècle après le fait</em></p>
<p><em>On continue à la reprocher</em></p>
<p><em>Pour les grèves de faim, sa dureté</em></p>
<p><em>Et pendant qu’on débat et discute</em></p>
<p><em>Sur toutes ces morts et cette déroute</em></p>
<p><em>Je dis, pour l’armée, il faut en finir  </em></p>
<p><em>Ils ne sont pas capables de compatir</em></p>
<p><em>Avec la population civile</em></p>
<p><em>Ils les subjuguent, ils les humilient</em></p>
<p><em>Il nous faut une armée des intervenants sociaux</em></p>
<p><em>Médecins, psychiatres et kinos</em></p>
<p><em>Donc prenez le voyou adolescent</em></p>
<p><em>Et trouvez-lui un boulot décent</em></p>
<p><em>Formez-le en chimiothérapie</em></p>
<p><em>Car là-bas le cancer est le vrai ennemi.</em></p>
<p><em>La nouvelle mine terrestre</em></p>
<p><em>Lentement, elle séquestre</em></p>
<p><em>Par la négligence elle te pousse au bout</em></p>
<p><em>Et le gouvernement s’en fout</em></p>
<p><em>Ils ont acheté les ex-terroristes</em></p>
<p><em>Ecarté les partis centristes.</em></p>
<p><em>Ma mère a manifesté pour les droits civils</em></p>
<p><em>Rejoint la Peace People, évité les bagarres en ville</em></p>
<p><em>Et maintenant et souffre à cause de soins inadéquats</em></p>
<p><em>Parce que les services de santé c’est n’importe quoi</em></p>
<p><em>Tandis que les hommes politiques sont blindés de pognon</em></p>
<p><em>Ca doit tempérer leur vision ardente de réunification.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>OU</em></p>
<p><em>Tandis que les hommes politiques sont pourris de fric</em></p>
<p><em>Ca doit tempérer leur vision d’une Irlande unie et utopique/</em></p>
<p><em>Ca ne m’étonne pas qu’ils oublient leurs anciens principes</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Shan’s poem</span></em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>My mate from Pakistan goes back to the homeland</em></p>
<p><em>But its house arrest for Shan</em></p>
<p><em>Grandparents home by US Embassy,</em></p>
<p><em>We’re supposed to go someday</em></p>
<p><em>Its years since that was a possibility</em></p>
<p><em>And we have this game together</em></p>
<p><em>About whose country is better</em></p>
<p><em>At topping the news bulletin</em></p>
<p><em>Reporting who’s had a bullet in</em></p>
<p><em>Invariably it’s mine</em></p>
<p><em>But there’s no danger when I dine</em></p>
<p><em>At my Northern Irish family home,</em></p>
<p><em>Nip back when I hear mum moan</em></p>
<p><em>Its years since Shan’s gone</em></p>
<p><em>Hard to leave for so long</em></p>
<p><em>And not visit the North</em></p>
<p><em>The mountain ranges, desolate places,</em></p>
<p><em>Explosive changes</em></p>
<p><em>And it’s always been this way</em></p>
<p><em>And mine’s gets better, hers gets worst</em></p>
<p><em>And the procession behind the hearse,</em></p>
<p><em>Commits the dead to verse</em></p>
<p><em>And Jihad video.</em></p>
<p><em>And continues to sow</em></p>
<p><em>In the fertile minds</em></p>
<p><em>Of martyrs friends</em></p>
<p><em>That they must seek revenge.</em></p>
<p><em>And I know Shan’s scared</em></p>
<p><em>What with all the news we’ve heard</em></p>
<p><em>And we’re both exiles in London</em></p>
<p><em>And our countries are long gone</em></p>
<p><em>Cause what is there to do</em></p>
<p><em>Between me and you</em></p>
<p><em>To make our countries better</em></p>
<p><em>Cause life is for living and here its free</em></p>
<p><em>And on our head let it be</em></p>
<p><em>My grandfather was a sheep farmer</em></p>
<p><em>Shopkeeper, bread man, father of ten</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s was the grandfather of the judiciary</em></p>
<p><em>Very different men</em></p>
<p><em>He’s got his name in history</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s got surnames on street signs</em></p>
<p><em>My granddad has zero Google finds</em></p>
<p><em>Shan’s great-granddad was the first chief     justice</em></p>
<p><em>And what will become of us</em></p>
<p><em>What is our responsibility</em></p>
<p><em>To our country’s history?</em></p>
<p><em>It’s messy when the enemy&#8217;s within</em></p>
<p><em>And you find yourself in publishing</em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Poème pour Shan</span></em></p>
<p><em>Ma pote de Pakistan rentre à la patrie</em></p>
<p><em>Mais pour Shan c’est l’assignation à résidence</em></p>
<p><em>Chez ses grands parents près de l’ambassade des Etats-Unis.</em></p>
<p><em>Un jour on est censé y aller</em></p>
<p><em>Mais depuis des années il n’y a plus la possibilité</em></p>
<p><em>Et on s’amuse à se demander</em></p>
<p><em>Lequel de nos deux pays</em></p>
<p><em>Est le plus souvent à la une</em></p>
<p><em>Pour une histoire d’infortune.</em></p>
<p><em>Invariablement, c’est chez moi</em></p>
<p><em>Mais je peux manger sans effroi</em></p>
<p><em>A la maison en Irlande du nord</em></p>
<p><em>Rentrer vite quand ma mère dit que j’ai tort/Y aller quand ma mère se plaint fort</em></p>
<p><em>Ca fait des années depuis que Shan n’est rentrée</em></p>
<p><em>Difficile de partir pour une si longue durée</em></p>
<p><em>De ne pas visiter le nord;</em></p>
<p><em>les paysages escarpés, les environs désolés, les changements effrénés.</em></p>
<p><em>Et c’est comme ça depuis toujours</em></p>
<p><em>De pire en pire chez elle, chez moi ça s’améliore</em></p>
<p><em>Et le cortège derrière chaque corbillard</em></p>
<p><em>Confie les morts à la postérité</em></p>
<p><em>Par une verse ou vidéo en toute fierté</em></p>
<p><em>Continuant à semer</em></p>
<p><em>Dans l’esprit fécond</em></p>
<p><em>Des amis de martyrs</em></p>
<p><em>Un message de vengeance.</em></p>
<p><em>Et je sais bien que Shan stresse</em></p>
<p><em>Après tout ce qu’on a vu dans la presse</em></p>
<p><em>On est toutes deux exilées à Londres</em></p>
<p><em>Et l’image de nos pays commence à fondre.</em></p>
<p><em>Car on peut faire quoi, toi et moi</em></p>
<p><em>Pour améliorer la situation dans nos pays</em></p>
<p><em>Il faut profiter de la vie, et ici c’est gratuit</em></p>
<p><em>A nos risques et périls.</em></p>
<p><em>Mon grand père était berger,</em></p>
<p><em>Commerçant, boulanger, le père de dix enfants</em></p>
<p><em>Celui de Shan était le grand-père du système judiciaire</em></p>
<p><em>Des hommes très différents</em></p>
<p><em>Il a laissé son nom dans l’histoire</em></p>
<p><em>Sur les panneaux de rues, leur nom de famille</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Sur Google il n’y a pas de retour pour mon papi.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>L’arrière grand-père de Shan fut le premier juge en chef</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Et nous, qu’est-ce qu’on devient, bref</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Quelle est notre responsabilité</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Envers l’histoire de notre terre de nationalité?</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>C’est dur quand l’ennemi intime te demande « a quoi bon</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>Faire un boulot dans une maison d’édition ? »</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A training ground</span></em></p>
<p><em>A training ground for the British Army</em><br />
<em>Sorry to alarm yeh,</em><br />
<em>But they called it The Troubles </em><br />
<em>Cause they never really, took it seriously.</em><br />
<em>It was just quite handy </em><br />
<em>To patrol in armoured Landy</em><br />
<em>Streets and fields</em><br />
<em>With guaranteed hot meals</em><br />
<em>A foreign hostile land</em><br />
<em>Without sun or sand</em><br />
<em>Not too far from England</em><br />
<em>Cut down on fuel cost</em><br />
<em>And what of lives lost</em><br />
<em>Sure they didn’t give a toss.</em><br />
<em>They had this trick</em><br />
<em>Where they’d take a mick</em><br />
<em>Up in a helicopter,</em><br />
<em>Blind fold the bugger,</em><br />
<em>Hover, lower</em><br />
<em>Then kick him out,</em><br />
<em>Laugh as he’d shout</em><br />
<em>Or white light, white noise</em><br />
<em>For the Long Kesh boys</em><br />
<em>Internment – where you have a stint</em><br />
<em>At her majesty’s pleasure,</em><br />
<em>With no charge or jury to measure</em><br />
<em>The nature of your crime</em><br />
<em>Or length of your time.</em><br />
<em>They use the word</em><br />
<em>To hide the absurd</em><br />
<em>Internment – imprisonment</em><br />
<em>The Troubles &#8211; civil war</em><br />
<em>Plantation – occupation</em><br />
<em>People stripped of right</em><br />
<em>Forced from land and sight.</em><br />
<em>But back to living history</em><br />
<em>It really is no mystery</em><br />
<em>The Troubles helped the army</em><br />
<em>The little occupation,</em><br />
<em>Didn’t cause a refugee situation</em><br />
<em>People ran away,</em><br />
<em>To see another day</em><br />
<em>On foreign building sites,</em><br />
<em>Or worked nights</em></p>
<p><em>In a cousins Irish pub</em><br />
<em>Found a way to slug</em><br />
<em>It out</em><br />
<em>This Northern Irish rout</em><br />
<em>People fled,</em><br />
<em>Saw loved ones shot dead</em><br />
<em>And among the troubled faces</em><br />
<em>The army built bases</em><br />
<em>Blocked roads, built watch towers</em><br />
<em>To watch the people cower</em><br />
<em>And when the IRA got real power</em><br />
<em>By bombing a Brighton hotel,</em><br />
<em>Making Thatcher see the hell,</em><br />
<em>She had unleashed,</em><br />
<em>On many a person’s head,</em><br />
<em>Saw her own loved ones dead</em><br />
<em>So Maggie says,</em><br />
<em>I think it would be wise</em><br />
<em>To talk and compromise</em><br />
<em>And a quarter of a century later,</em><br />
<em>We still berate her</em><br />
<em>The hunger striker hater</em><br />
<em>And as we try and reason why</em><br />
<em>Too many people die</em><br />
<em>I say disband army</em><br />
<em>They have little sympathy</em><br />
<em>With the civilian population</em><br />
<em>They worsen a situation</em><br />
<em>We need an army of social workers</em><br />
<em>Physiatrists, physios, Doctors, </em><br />
<em>So take your 19 year old yob</em><br />
<em>And find him a better job</em><br />
<em>Train him in chemotherapy</em><br />
<em>Cause where I’m from cancer is the real enemy</em><br />
<em>The new land mine, death that takes time,</em><br />
<em>Killed slowly through neglect</em><br />
<em>And the politicians don’t give a feck</em><br />
<em>Them ex-terrorists got paid off</em><br />
<em>While the alliance got laid off.</em><br />
<em>My mum marched for civil rights</em><br />
<em>Joined the peace people, stayed out of fights,</em><br />
<em>Now she’s rolling in pain</em></p>
<p><em>Because the healthcare provision is insane,</em><br />
<em>While the politicians are rolling in sterling</em><br />
<em>Guess it must dilute the all-Ireland yearning.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Un terrain d’entrainement</span></em></p>
<p><em>Un terrain d’entrainement pour l’armée britannique</em></p>
<p><em>Désolée si ça vous panique</em></p>
<p><em>Mais ils ont appelé ça les « Troubles »</em></p>
<p><em>Car ils ne l’ont jamais pris au sérieux</em></p>
<p><em>C’était plutôt pratique, je dirais,</em></p>
<p><em>De patrouiller dans des tanks armés</em></p>
<p><em>Des rues et des prairies</em></p>
<p><em>Avec des repas chauds garantis.</em></p>
<p><em>Etrangère et hostile, cette terre</em></p>
<p><em>Sans soleil, sans désert</em></p>
<p><em>Pas très loin d’Angleterre</em></p>
<p><em>Le coût de carburant allégé</em></p>
<p><em>Et peu importe les gens tués</em></p>
<p><em>Ca ne les a pas déconcertés.</em></p>
<p><em>Des fois ils s’amusaient</em></p>
<p><em>A mettre un Irlandais</em></p>
<p><em>Dans un hélicoptère, monter dans les airs</em></p>
<p><em>Lui bander des yeux</em></p>
<p><em>Planer, descendre</em></p>
<p><em>Puis le foutre dehors</em></p>
<p><em>Riant à son essor.</em></p>
<p><em>Ou le son blanc, ou pire, rien n’empêche</em></p>
<p><em>Pour les gars en tole à Long Kesh</em></p>
<p><em>Internement- quand tu passes un séjour</em></p>
<p><em>Grâce à sa majesté la reine</em></p>
<p><em>Ni charge ni jury ne décidant ta peine,</em></p>
<p><em>La nature de ton infraction,</em></p>
<p><em>La date de ton libération.</em></p>
<p><em>Ils emploient ce mot</em></p>
<p><em>Pour cacher le complot</em></p>
<p><em>Internement – emprisonnement</em></p>
<p><em>Les Troubles – guerre civile</em></p>
<p><em>Plantation – occupation.</em></p>
<p><em>Personnes déchues de leurs droits</em></p>
<p><em>Forcées d’abandonner leurs terres et leurs voix.</em></p>
<p><em>Mais revenons aux faits concrets</em></p>
<p><em>Ce n’est aucunement un secret</em></p>
<p><em>Que les Troubles ont aidé l’armée.</em></p>
<p><em>L’occupation à petite échelle</em></p>
<p><em>N’a pas crée des réfugiés réels</em></p>
<p><em>Les gens ont fui</em></p>
<p><em>Vers d’autres pays</em></p>
<p><em>Où ils bossaient dans des chantiers</em></p>
<p><em>Ou passaient leurs nuits à travailler</em></p>
<p><em>Dans le pub irlandais d’un cousin</em></p>
<p><em>Trouvant un moyen de se débrouiller</em></p>
<p><em>Dans cette déroute irlandaise</em></p>
<p><em>Les gens se sont sauvés</em></p>
<p><em>Ont vu leurs proches fusillés</em></p>
<p><em>Et parmi les visages troublés</em></p>
<p><em>L’armée a bâti et barricadé,</em></p>
<p><em>Des routes, des bases, des miradors</em></p>
<p><em>Pour imposer leur droit du plus fort.</em></p>
<p><em>Et quand l’IRA a fait un carton</em></p>
<p><em>En bombardant un hôtel à Brighton Thatcher a dû regarder l’enfer</em></p>
<p><em>Où beaucoup vivaient à cause d’elle</em></p>
<p><em>Et voir tués ses amis personnels.</em></p>
<p><em>Donc Maggie a dit</em></p>
<p><em>Je pense que c’est le moment</em></p>
<p><em>De parler et faire des accommodements</em></p>
<p><em>Et un quart de siècle après le fait</em></p>
<p><em>On continue à la reprocher</em></p>
<p><em>Pour les grèves de faim, sa dureté</em></p>
<p><em>Et pendant qu’on débat et discute</em></p>
<p><em>Sur toutes ces morts et cette déroute</em></p>
<p><em>Je dis, pour l’armée, il faut en finir  </em></p>
<p><em>Ils ne sont pas capables de compatir</em></p>
<p><em>Avec la population civile</em></p>
<p><em>Ils les subjuguent, ils les humilient</em></p>
<p><em>Il nous faut une armée des intervenants sociaux</em></p>
<p><em>Médecins, psychiatres et kinos</em></p>
<p><em>Donc prenez le voyou adolescent</em></p>
<p><em>Et trouvez-lui un boulot décent</em></p>
<p><em>Formez-le en chimiothérapie</em></p>
<p><em>Car là-bas le cancer est le vrai ennemi.</em></p>
<p><em>La nouvelle mine terrestre</em></p>
<p><em>Lentement, elle séquestre</em></p>
<p><em>Par la négligence elle te pousse au bout</em></p>
<p><em>Et le gouvernement s’en fout</em></p>
<p><em>Ils ont acheté les ex-terroristes</em></p>
<p><em>Ecarté les partis centristes.</em></p>
<p><em>Ma mère a manifesté pour les droits civils</em></p>
<p><em>Rejoint la Peace People, évité les bagarres en ville</em></p>
<p><em>Et maintenant et souffre à cause de soins inadéquats</em></p>
<p><em>Parce que les services de santé c’est n’importe quoi</em></p>
<p><em>Tandis que les hommes politiques sont blindés de pognon</em></p>
<p><em>Ca doit tempérer leur vision ardente de réunification.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em>OU</em></p>
<p><em>Tandis que les hommes politiques sont pourris de fric</em></p>
<p><em>Ca doit tempérer leur vision d’une Irlande unie et utopique/</em></p>
<p><em>Ca ne m’étonne pas qu’ils oublient leurs anciens principes</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
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