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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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This is the land
This is the Land This is the land of Robert Burns Of William Wallace too Of Baird and Bell and Smith and Hume All Scottish through and through This is the land of loch and glen Of rivers and fields … Continue reading
The Joke
The Joke Almost everyone knows this joke. Gabriel sees God making the world. He watches in amazement as God creates a land of mighty Munros clad in purple heather, great lochs, and fast flowing rivers, teeming with salmon and trout. … Continue reading
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 nights full of laughter and the sun never cries little birds … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged butterfly, hold my hand, mountains walk, poem, poetry, rainbow, rivers sing, robert burns, sonnet, trees talk, warbling birds
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Tam o’ Shanter – Haibun Thinking Weekly Challenge
AnElephantCant explain it The older he gets the more he learns So one more time He knocks out a wee rhyme In the knowledge he can never write poetry quite like Robert Burns AnElephant enjoys this challenge hosted by his … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, haibun, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious
Tagged 18th century, alloway, auld brig, ayr, fiction, haibun, haiku, river doon, robert burns, scotland, souter johnny, tam o' shanter, warlocks, witches
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Perfect Love Song
AnElephantCant believe you’d come back to him Even if he wrote the perfect love song But he tries to create one anyway In the hope you do just to prove him wrong He tries to express things in romantic words … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged floats his boat, love song, melody, pachelbel, poetry, rhymes, rivers of pain, robert burns, roy orbison, shakespeare, symphony
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From scenes like these old Scotia’s grandeur springs
AnElephantCant pretend he is calm today He is heading back home to Scotland Only for a few days But he hopes to amaze With his suntan because down here it is hot man His home country is a mystical wonderland … Continue reading
Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour, Poetry, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious
Tagged alexander fleming, ancient castles, bannockburn, culloden, culzean castle, david livingstone, falkirk, glencoe, graham bell, inverness, jekyl and hyde, kirkpatrick macmillan, loch ness, loch ness monster, logie baird, proud edward, purple heather, robert burns, sawney bean, scotland, stirling bridge, walter scott
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