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Thanks to Vera O’Riordan, a member of McEgan Senior Branch, Macroom, who sent us the following:
I wrote this poem while on a two-week trip with Senior Branch to Sangam, the Guide World Centre located in Pune, India. As part of the Sangam Challenge, we were encouraged to participate in the campfire Sangam has. Campfires are great for sharing songs, but I also love campfires that involve storytelling and skits, so I decided to write a quick poem for everyone there!
The programme we undertook at Sangam was called Discover Your Potential and we all felt the hospitality and activities that were ongoing at Sangam were a great way to reignite our Guiding spirit! Just for fun, in this poem I chat about the hiking we did, the lovely people of Pune we met and the jokes we shared along the way …
All the places we’ll go
In Sangam and beyond
Hundreds of miles from home
As we jump from the cosy Irish pond
We heard tropical birds
Went for a trek
Hiked the beautiful countryside
Embraced the monsoon’s wet
All the people we met
From lands far away
The meals we shared
And their games we played
All the stories we shared
I knew I’ve a fair few from Cork
We laughed at our Irish dancing
And how we couldn’t eat dinner without a fork
All the lessons we learned
About community strength and resilience
Our batteries came home restored
Ready to share our inner Guiding brilliance!