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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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged ayrshire, bagpipes, bridge, dunure, haggis, loch lomond, river forth, robert burns, scotland, skye, thistle, unicorn
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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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged bowie, fred astaire, kafka, lost love, pavarotti, picasso, poem, poetry, robert burns, shakespeare, steinbeck
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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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged butterfly, lost love, poem, poetry, robert burns, stars dance, trees smile
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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
Posted in Poetry
Tagged john steinbeck, judy garland, leonard cohen, monet, nessun dorma, pavarotti, poem, poetry, robert burns, shakespeare
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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
Je Suis Charlie
Je Suis Charlie Yesterday – Saturday – in Medville, there was a tribute to Charlie Hebdo. Events like this took place in cities, towns and villages across France and, I am sure, much further afield. There will be more today. … Continue reading
Man’s Inhumanity to Man Makes Countless Thousands Mourn*
I have seen them in many parts of the world. From Scotland to Canada and the USA. From France to Australia. Each one rips at my soul. But the saddest thing about War Memorials, strangely enough, is not the heart-breaking … Continue reading
Posted in haibun
Tagged australia, canada, France, great war, november 11, remembrance day, robert burns, scotland, usa, veterans day, war memorial, world war 1
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