https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/I'm a poet and essayist,so: take it from there My ability as an essayist and a poet can be measured by logging in at www.electricscotland Check poems & stories and use the name Finnan McDonald hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/469425Praise one while damning another, Claim before all 'it doesn't really matter'. Allegiance or subservience? Idolatry or belief? Is a foreign icon worth a mother's grief? A mature people know their psyche, It shows in their mien of certainty. But a land unsure, How much doubt will it endure? An...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/469424If you let the cat out of the bag, Will it run away up into the tree? If the cat hears a dog barking, Will it take to hissing 'n' sparking? When you come to a fork in life's road, What do you do if it's a ' tee-intersection'? Should that affect your selection? If it never rains but it pours, What...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/469422No wonder they know such discontent, Weather's the worst on the continent. Downed trees, hydro poles and high flying planes. That's what follows after tornadoes 'n' hurricanes Just as invading Irag is 'invading' the world, Since, after '9/11' they didn't cower 'n' curl: Expatriate Bill feels no...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/469420It sure ain't the Transcanada Highway, This unfriendly foreign byway. Death lurks on each side, Then an Afghani's pedicab comes too close: And our media is seized by reportorial throes. The Taliban road runs through hostile country. It's a place many don't think we should be. The Taliban road is...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/468660When men gather to remember a horse, It proves humanity is still on course. A big brown Belgian cross; Animal lovers still mourn his loss. Hit by a reckless driver, Along with his saddened master, Who alone is the only survivor. Remembering this personal disaster. And the steel shod friend who...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kiaughian/468026