Poem of the week: Angus Reid - Calls for a Constitution
A new art project based on the poem ‘Call for a Constitution’ by Angus Reid goes on display at the Parliament from 17-28 September. The poem, which is split down the middle, is painted on walls that meet at a right-angle; you have to position yourself at the corner to read it in its entirety. The poem asks the question, ‘What kind of country do you want to live in?’ Reid will make a presentation to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament on 25 September at 6pm. Those interested in contributing to that discussion should make contact through his website at www.angusreid.co.uk
if I as a writer of poetry
were called upon to give a form of words
to model the nation’s behaviour
it would be this
ownership obliges
everyone to respect and to care for
the sacred
to respect and to care for
freedom of conscience
and to recognise
the gift of every individual
to respect it
care for it nourish it
to care for and protect communities
and
to care for the land
and wherever
the land has been abused to restore it
so that it can support all forms of life
five principles five fingers on the hand