Andy Allan Biography

Mind absorbed in book,
a cryptic half-smile flitters,
for a moment;
emotions rush,
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‘Coh-bac, coh-bac, coh-bac, coh-bac.'
Startled grouse voice their alarm
on the high path up over Lag Buidhe.
Swooping down the hillside,
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On the shredded edge of vision,
rain-curtains pound the sodden earth.
Bough-shadows flail in gloom,
dim-grey is wrung from darkness.
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Breath clouds blossom, disappear,
hard tractor ruts are dry.
Frozen fingers, drip-raw nose,
three cawing crows sail by.
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Tough proud, enduring witness,
she has watched through passing time,
the lives of generations flow
beneath this hoary pine.
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