Tag Archives: ayrshire

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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Scotland

Posted on September 13, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: Scotland when I think from afar of the land that I love I realise that much is almost clichéd like haggis and tartan Robert Burns and the skirl of the pipes … Continue reading →

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homeland

Posted on August 23, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: Homeland On a visit to my homeland weel-kent for its two weather conditions about to rain and already raining the Sunday is a wondrous treat of unexpected and glorious sunshine. Walking … Continue reading →

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For Honest Men and Bonnie Lasses

Posted on March 26, 2013 by AnElephantCant

In his sleep he takes a bus trip To a town on the Ayrshire coast He remembers going to school there He is still haunted by those ghosts It no longer looks the same of course In a dream things … Continue reading →

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Pullman is Cool Man

Posted on February 21, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim to be smart He doesn’t know much about Geography But as an Ayrshire lad It would be quite sad If he did not recognise an undulating topography The rolling hills are like deep brown seas In their covering … Continue reading →

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