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Poet Peter MacKay talks about poetry and its importance.

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A poem important to Rosemary Ward. Dàn a tha cudromach do Rosemary Ward.

Rosemary Ward talks about Donald MacDonald’s poem Còmhradh an Eilthirich ris an Stuaidh. Rosemary Ward le iomradh air an dàn 'Còmhradh an Eilthirich ris an Stuaidh'.

Rosemary Ward talks of the emotional pull a poem can have on you. She reads Donald MacDonald’s poem about Uist, Còmhradh an Eilthirich ris an Stuaidh, and describes how it makes her feel homesick as an islander who has left home.  

Rosemary Ward le iomradh air a bhuaidh a th’ aig bàrdachd air a cridhe agus mar a tha an cianalas ga bualadh, mar eileanach a chuir cùl ris an dachaigh. Tha i a’ leughadh “Còmhradh an Eilthirich ris an Stuaidh” aig Dòmhnall Dòmhnallach. 

In Gaelic with English subtitles.

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Poet Peter MacKay talks about poetry and its importance. 

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