Tag Archives: bagpipes

thistles

Posted on December 31, 2021 by AnElephantCant

thistles you came into my worldlike sunshine on heatheron the slopes of Ben Lomondlike a soft windbringing springtimeto the Great Glen you enriched my lifelike a unicornbrightens a child’s dreamswith magic and joy and summer passedin a wondrous hazewhere thistlesmeek … 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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Light-heartedly Half-hearted*

Posted on March 27, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim to have politesse It is his rudeness that sets him apart In this post he proves it Any doubt he removes it He explains the international fart AnElephant’s mummy is a sensitive creature He takes very good care … Continue reading →

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mama said there’d be days like this

Posted on January 2, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant blog everyday Sometimes he is just too puffed out He can’t feel the force He falls off his horse Or he is quite the thick uncultured lout On these days he stays in and ponders Where he may have … Continue reading →

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