Author Archives: AnElephantCant

and then

Posted on November 27, 2022 by AnElephantCant

and then sometimes you drive me crazyI start to think that maybe I’llbe better off without youI wonder is this all worthwhile it isn’t easy getting closewhen we have long lived single livesespecially when you and Ihave tongues like cold … Continue reading →

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somewhere anywhere

Posted on November 9, 2022 by AnElephantCant

somewhere anywhere you saidwith a laughlet’s gosomewhere anywhere we went to Scalpsie Baywhere the sealsfeeding in the cold dark waters of the Clydeclambered onto rocksjust to see you pass and to Lighthouse Parkwhere the eagles and ravensswooping in from the … Continue reading →

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a life in the day

Posted on November 4, 2022 by AnElephantCant

a life in the day this morningthe sun shoneand it was hot and lasted foreverbecause I had so much to dorunning learning and laughing this afternoonthere was a mixof blue sky and cloudsand the time flew bybecause I had so … Continue reading →

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if

Posted on October 30, 2022 by AnElephantCant

if ifyou were to walk the broad beachesbetween the rivers Ayr and Doonand farther to Greenan Castlegazing across the broad firthof the historic Clydetowards the the Isle of Arranwhere the Sleeping Warriorslumbers foreverin the rugged peaksand see before younot a … Continue reading →

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in dreams

Posted on October 14, 2022 by AnElephantCant

in dreams you’re mine… when you smilerain clouds flee in dark shameto stumble in tearsover distant oceans when you touch my skinmy heart swellswith the valour of centuriesof Pictish – or painted – warriorswho inhabit my blood when you breathe … Continue reading →

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silent smile

Posted on September 24, 2022 by AnElephantCant

silent smile you dancedand drifted into my lifelike a ghost with a silent smilegraceful and slightly amused you laughed at the obvious turmoilyou created in my heartand elsewhere you asked me to make a love songso I wrote this one … Continue reading →

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vision

Posted on September 15, 2022 by AnElephantCant

vision more and more oftenas the years stumble pastI catch a glimpseof a flickerof a shadowjust outwith the rangeof my vision is it a memorymade realof someone long gonewhom once I lovedand still dotelling methat I tooam not forgotten or … Continue reading →

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Scotland in November

Posted on July 27, 2022 by AnElephantCant

Scotland in November looking backit seems quite obviouswe were doomedbefore we started so very far apartculturally andgeographically but we had so muchtogetherlaughterand passionand all that love so many great timesand those special momentsI’ll always remember but the passion fadedand the … Continue reading →

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I wrote a poem

Posted on July 23, 2022 by AnElephantCant

I wrote a poem I read a poem yesterdayit nearly broke my heartit spoke of lovers loved and lostthey lived too far apart I read a poem yesterdayit said she won’t live foreverbut she makes the world a better placeplease … Continue reading →

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bouchon

Posted on July 16, 2022 by AnElephantCant

bouchon I’m standing at a bus stoptwenty minutes from homethe reasons don’t matterno sign of scheduled servicealready long overduethe traffic is nose to nosemile after milebarely movingnothing happeningother than tempers risinglike the temperaturebecause mid-June at La Fouxnear St Tropezis blindingly … Continue reading →

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