Post-referendum post
Some of us are relieved and some of us are disappointed with the outcome of this strongly-contested referendum.
But all of us now want to make Scotland as strong and united as possible and create a good future - both for its people and the environment.
Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy was born in Scotland and now lives in England.
She published this reconciliation poem in many of the national papers on Saturday 20th September.
The poem is a peace offering; a gift; a plea for reconciliation and rebuilding.
September 2014
by Carol Ann Duffy
Tha gaol agam ort *
A thistle can draw blood,
so
can a rose,
growing together
where the river flows, shared currency,
across a border it can never know:
where, somewhen, Rabbie Burns might
swim,
or pilgrim Keats come walking
out of love for him.
Aye,
here’s to you,
cousins, sisters, brothers,
in your bold, brave, brilliant land:
the thistle jags our hearts,
take these roses,
from
our bloodied hands.
*I love you
