Sweeney’s Bothy: Eigg and Canna

      

        Prelude: Isle of Canna

Tigh Ard, orchard

AMPLE

SAMPLE

blossom

POWDER

COATED

pollen

mountain

broken

clouds

cloud

broken

mountains

THE

CLOUD

CATCHER

rum

        care of

        a wood

        exudes

        birdsong

        Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, May 2014

        how beautiful –

        the islands

        that we’ve never

        been to

        the first lark

           sings

        from its rock

           for Hanna

        wind-

        less

        the sea

        sounds

        lift

        soft

        from the

        cliffs

        a modern

        fire lit

        from

        a tampon

        a modern

        log made

        from com-

        pacted nothing

  

        Electric Eddie shares

        the dark side

        of the islands

        best joke:

        well its dark

        on the light side

        when it’s night

        Sweeney says:

           sorrel’s all very well

           but how many spears

           to make a meal?

  

        doo-dee-doo-doo

        I’m showering

        in the rain

        just showering

        in the rain

        what a wonderful

        feeling

        just showering

        in the rain

LAPSE

wave

  

AFAR IN THE

CLEAR AIR

barra

SHARING

THE GIVE

& TAKE

&igg

EIRE’S

WAKE

iona

AWESOME

THREESOME

jura

  

THE YEARS

DISTILLED

islay

BLUE SKY

FLOWER

cielandine

  

HOT

METAL

stove

S U N

R Ù M

U U U

AS IF ALL

GOD WAS

AND WANTS

finger

Bidein an Tighearna

The Finger of the Lord

        poems & photography: Alec Finlay

        bowl (for Sweeney’s Bothy): Lisa Gormley

        with thanks to Lucy, Eddie, Bobby, and Iain.