Last Monday the 8th of August I was fortunate to attend the Tragically Hip concert in London, Ontario. It was incredible and filled with all of Gordon's joy in his music that he shared with us the fans. Last night the 20th of August all of Canada was able to see their last concert in Kingston,Ontario on CBC or YouTube Live. For those of you not familiar with The Hip as they are lovingly called, the lead singer and poetic writer of all their songs ,Gordon Downie was diagnosed in December 2015 with a brain tumour specifically a glioblastomabrain tumour ( atype of brain cancer) which is incurable. Gordon recently announced that and chose to undergo some medical treatment and then tour one short last time to sellout crowds swelling tee shirts to research a cure. This is my tribute to Gordon Downie for his courage and love shown to the fans. if you are able to please donate to The Gordon Downie fund for BrainCancer https://donate.sunnybrook.ca/braincancerresearch
Gord Downie thoughtful, kind
Bringing us great music
Poetry in motion
Lyrics with meaning
Making people think
Bringing people together
For more than thirty three years
And now tonight
For all Canadians and YouTube viewers
One nation under Gord♡
Closed down for over three hours
Most of all we thank him
You are the best of
Canada
Grace in motion.
For Gord’s joy/joie
Merci beaucoup
Thank you from the
bottom
Of all Canadian
hearts
Ahead by a century
Never disappointing
your fans
You have us in the
palm
Of your hands
Forever more
©Sheilagh Lee August 20, 2016
