Lacoste in the Provence region in the south of France is famous for two things. One being its once notorious resident, Donatien Alphonse Francois comte de Sade aka the Marquis de Sade who had, shall we say, a peculiar attitude to familial relationships. The second thing Lacoste is famous for is its resident poet laureate – an Irish born poet-gardener by the name of Finnbar Mac Eoin. Finn, the author of “Two suitcases and a dog” has had a few run-ins himself with the rather parochial villagers. A quick search of his name using a famous search engine should lead you to the full story. But if you can’t find it, then here’s a film all about it:
http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi377855257/
Anyway, poet that he is, Finn found himself inspired by the telegraph pole you see here – wherein the pole and the tree do, genuinely, seem pleased to see one-another. Finn submitted his poem to the only place he could or indeed should. And he kindly allowed us to pubish it. The poem is best read in a Co. Cork accent. Trust me.
An Irish Pine.
Telegraph pole hugged
by a leafy evergreen
An expression of a mothers
pride at her wee cone who
was taken away in the storm.
Now, would you be looking
at him, a fine upright lad who
didn’t forget where he came
from and well connected
too, by the looks of him.