Green A96 Planning Protest Poetry

The Highland Green Party tells us in a Press Release (the first one ever received at the Gurn from them):

'So concerned was he about the dangers of Councillors taking the wrongdecision about developing the A96 Corridor between Inverness andNairn, one of our members - Bryn O'Shelin, ' a green poet' - had beenmoved to pen a few lines about the folly of The Highland Council'sproposals, which admirably sum up the reasons for the Greens'opposition to the notion of a development 'corridor', and also of thebenefits of investing in and expanding existing communities across theHighlands. His poem follows:

The A96 Corridor – Ode to a Road

Listen! For the time is nigh, when Councillors decide

A matter grave and upon which, many futures ride

Should the land, the fields and woods, ‘tween Inverness and Nairn

And which have fed and succoured us, since building of the cairns

Be buried deep, be cleft and cleaved, be lost to us for ever

Beneath the concrete overlord, the ultimate suppressor?

Or is there p’raps a better way, for each of us to thrive

Where all may share good learning, and fulfilling working lives

Where Highland-wide prosperity, comes first, prioritised

But withers on the vine, when investment’s centralised?

So, Councillors, I call on you, you the people’s voice Be wary how you cast your vote,

‘tis but a one-time choice

For once it’s made, it cannot change, its runes are cast in stone

And future generations, your decision may bemoan!'