Ian McDonald McRobert McCrae J.P.
Australia

E-mail Address: mccraeian@hotmail.com
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Why write poetry, Poet?

I am the seventh son of David and Annie McCrae from the Rinns of Galloway. Our family tree has been traced back to the McCraes of Kintail, and I am a distant relative of John McCrae (poet) of The Flanders Fields.

How did you get started writing poetry?

I was educated at Longcastle School in the Machars of Galloway. I worked in Ayrshire as an agricultural student before immigrating to New South Wales Australia in 1960. I am President of the Clan MacRae Society of Australia and New Zealand and a member of the United Justices Association in New South Wales. Poetry has always been part of my life; perhaps it is in the blood. I know that Scotland is always in my heart.

Who were your influences?

My wife Joan supports and encourages me to write poetry, she said it keeps me out of her hair. I am very proud of my links with Scotland and I am determined to promote our cultural heritage.

Examples of poetry.

A Call From home   A Little Mouse   A Lost Child   A New Tomorrow   A Perfect Place   An Old Armchair   Attack on London   Back Home In Galloway   Born in Scotland   Christmas Cheer   Christmas Love   Christmas Smile   Dream Time   Forgotten Dignity   From My Bedroom Window   Galloway All Over   Galloway Folk   Ghosts and Things   Goodnight Scotland   Hay Day   Home for Christmas   I Remember You   Just A Quiet Life   Kintail In My Dreams   Longing For Scotland   My Homeland Scotland   My Land Galloway   No Goodbyes

Noel's Old Shoes   Only A Bluebell   Poverty in Africa   Remember Me   Robert Burns Down Under   Scotland I   Scotland II   Scotland Forever   Scotland My Heart   Scotland My Hame   Scotland Still   Scots In Exile   Self-importance of Man   Thank You Lord   The Ace of Spades   The Coal Bucket   The Galloway I Love   The Green Hills of Galloway   The Hills of Home   The MacRae Grace   The Old Fashioned Way   The Way It Is   The Way It Used To Be   The Year of The Coming Home 2009   Time To Remember Scotland   Tsunami   Voice of my Homeland   Yearnings in My Heart

Examples of Songs Land of my Dreams