This is a pibroch poem on Book Four of the Old Testament Psalms, linking the tragedy of the sinking of the Iolaire in the early hours of January 1st, 1919, with the human stories of the Bible and the Isle of Lewis. The poetry dialogues playfully and seriously with the calvinism of the day, and the way we explain a tragedy. The poetry is in the shape of a pibroch, a ground based on the ‘dust’ of Psalm 90, and variations which lead with an increasing pulse to hope and new life.<\/p>\n
“There could be no more fitting tribute for the lost ones of the Iolaire than a work rooted in both the knowledge and rhythms of the psalms which played such a major part of their daily lives. Jock Stein, poet, preacher and piper, has provided us with an extraordinary series of verses that draw upon his knowledge not only of the Bible but his awareness, too, of the piping tradition that is central to much of the Gaelic world. Together with his translator, Myles Campbell, he should be congratulated for gifting us this work. It is true to the realities of the men and women who lived in Lewis and Harris both during the early years of the twentieth century and many decades afterwards as well as the sad, untimely end of those who were aboard the vessel that terrible and unforgettable night.”<\/em><\/p>\n Donald Murray<\/p>\n “Cha b\u2019 urrainn cuimhneachan na b\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr a bhith ann dhaibhsan a chailleadh air An Iolaire na an obair seo a tha freumhaichte ann an e\u00f2las air na sailm agus an ruitheaman, sailm a bha nam p\u00e0irt cho m\u00f2r de am beatha l\u00e0itheil. Tha Jock Stein, b\u00e0rd, searmonaiche agus p\u00ecopaire, air sreath de rannan iongantach a thoirt dhuinn a tha a\u2019 tarraing air an e\u00f2las a th\u2019 aige air a\u2019 Bh\u00ecoball ach cuideachd air an fhiosrachadh a th\u2019 aige air dualchas na p\u00ecobaireachd a tha cho cudromach do shaoghal na G\u00e0idhlig. C\u00f2mhla ri Maoilios Caimbeul, a dh\u2019eadar-theangaich na d\u00e0in, bu\u00a0 ch\u00f2ir dhuinn meal-a-naidheachd a chur air airson an obair seo a thoirt dhuinn. Tha e a\u2019 toirt dealbh fh\u00ecor dhuinn air na thachair do na fireannaich agus na boireanaich a bha be\u00f2 sna Hearadh agus ann an Le\u00f2dhas tr\u00e0th san fhicheadamh linn agus airson deicheadan \u00e0s d\u00e8idh sin, agus cuideachd an deireadh doilgheasach, an-abaich a th\u00e0inig orrasan a bha air b\u00f2rd an t-soithich air an oidhche uabhasach ud nach t\u00e8id air dh\u00ecochuimhne gu br\u00e0th.” D\u00f2mhnall Moireach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a pibroch poem on Book Four of the Old Testament Psalms, linking the tragedy of the sinking of the Iolaire in the early hours of January 1st, 1919, with the human stories of the Bible and the Isle of Lewis. The poetry dialogues playfully and seriously with the calvinism of the day, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":841,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[33,47],"product_tag":[],"product_author":[65],"year_published":[57],"acf":{"isbn":"978-1-912052-51-6","publishing_date":"20191016","author":"Jock Stein","medium":"book","kindle_ebook_link":"","sm_ebook_link":""},"yoast_head":"\n
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