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Click here to hear the poet read his words: edinburgh my friend ate crab and fresh baguette she smiled in pleasure through the tears I was surprised to see her there she had been dead for many years we had … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged baguette, edinburgh, Grassmarket, indifferent, MGB GT, poem, poetry, unfaithful
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Flight of Fancy – Sunday Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant drive an aeroplane He is not designed to be a pilot He has got such big ears And from what he hears Pilots who fly lots quite often hit the high spots This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction
Tagged 150 words, aeroplane, edinburgh, flash fiction, flight of fancy, honeymoon, marseille, Paris, provence, short story, Sunday Photo Fiction
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Nice Airport – Sunday Photo Fiction
AnElephantCant always make sense He occasionally has a somewhat bizarre thought So when he sees this pic His wee brain goes click He thinks he is looking at an ultra-modern airport This is a weekly invitation to write a short … Continue reading
The Camp – Līgo Haībun Challenge
AnElephantCant deny he’s a japester He does like a chuckle or two He loves when the gag is To capture the Haggis And lets the others decide what is true AnElephant’s offering for the weekly Līgo Haībun Challenge, courtesy of … Continue reading
Posted in haibun
Tagged auld alliance, edinburgh, flash fiction, France, haggis, haibun, haibun ligo challenge, haiku, old alliance, Paris, scotland, short story, versaille, vieille alliance, west linton
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Inspiration – the Līgo Haībun Challenge
AnElephantCant deny he is excited This challenge whets his imagination He is sure you can see He does not need Fantasy For him reality provides enough Inspiration Time for the next Līgo Haībun Challenge. The topic for this week (starting … Continue reading
Posted in haibun
Tagged bc, bird sanctuary, clyde, columbia, edinburgh, english bay, erskine bridge, glasgow science centre, glencoe, helensburgh, loch lomond, lochwinnoch, marseille, mediterranean, museum of transport, national museum of scotland, ps waverley, puget sound, riverside museum, san francisco, snoqualmie pass, somme, vancouver, venice
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AnElephant Left His Heart in San Francisco
AnElephantCant stay here forever Although he certainly will come back again From the very first day His soul soars away This is the coolest place he has ever been He has seen great cities and been lots of great places … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour
Tagged alcatraz, cable car, canberra, copenhagen, edinburgh, exploratorium, geneva, golden gate, london, marseille, melbourne, Paris, san francisco, santa, sydney
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Look What They’ve Done To My Song, Ma
AnElephantCant help killing the great songs With his usual murderous verse You may well have noticed That what he has wrote is Ungrammatical and about to get worse So if these songs were written in Scotland And not the good … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour
Tagged aberdeen, america, auchenshuggle, beach boys, caledonian, california girls, chuck berry, clydeside, dumfries, dundee, edinburgh, fraserburgh, galloway, glasgow, inverness, irn bru, lou reed, memphis tennessee, princes street, royal mile, san francisco, scotia, simon and garfunkel, stagecoach, tony bennet, walk on the wild side, weegies
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Hibernation, Aberration, Consternation, Confabulation
AnElephantCant do hibernation Though he thinks it’s a brilliant idea Because Scotland in winter You don’t want to get into You have to be crazy to venture outside here He thinks hibernation’s a strange word It sounds like an Edinburgh … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour
Tagged bear, bear cub, edinburgh, emigration, frog, ground hog day, hedgehog, hibernate, hibernation, hibernian, ireland, latin, obligate
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Mmmm, You See ’em
AnElephantCant contain his enthusiasm For Scotland’s new National Museum He can’t tell you enough About all the great stuff You won’t believe all these things till you see ‘em It is a great place to go with a youngster So … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious
Tagged dolly, edinburgh, lewis chessmen, museum, nasa, robot, t rex
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