Tag Archives: robert burns
if
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
leaving
leaving it’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the three great bridgesin silhouette I smileknowing that this afternoonI’ll be home againin my own corner of Paradiseon … Continue reading
where Rabbie walked
where Rabbie walked I want to walk where Rabbie walkedalong sweet Afton’s braesand dream the dreams that Mary dreamtwhen on its grassy banks she lay I want to go where Tam o’ Shanter wentwhen from Auld Ayr he rodepast Alloway’s … Continue reading
Scotland
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
today
Click here to hear the poet read his words: today all through my life I feel the same yesterday lasts for far too long tomorrow probably never appears it is not only today that is wrong a week can be … Continue reading
I wish
Click here to hear the poet read his words: I wish I wish I could swim like a dolphin can swim As Bowie once said in a song If I could sing like Pavarotti could sing Maybe my world would … Continue reading
rivers sing
Click here to hear the poet read his words: rivers sing when you hold my hand great mountains can walk the rivers all sing and the trees smile and talk the moon floats benignly the stars dance in the skies … Continue reading
you
Click here to hear the poem read aloud: You you think you’re old you meet someone you have no new words to say you think of every phrase you know they all sound dull and so clichéd but you write … Continue reading
Contrary January’s Imaginary Quandary
AnElephantCant solve his dilemma He finds himself in a pickle-filled quandary Tries the Nickel and Dime Can’t buy a good rhyme To start this absolutely brilliant blog about January AnElephant isn’t a big fan of Astrology So there is one … Continue reading