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I wrote a poem
I wrote a poem I read a poem yesterdayit nearly broke my heartit spoke of lovers loved and lostthey lived too far apart I read a poem yesterdayit said she won’t live foreverbut she makes the world a better placeplease … Continue reading
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Tagged alloway, first kiss, i read, i wrote, lost love, loved and lost, poem, poetry, Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, scotland
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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
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Tagged ayr, Broxburn, clyde, kelvingrove, kindness of friends, poem, poetry, river Forth edinburgh, riverside museum Glasgow, robert burns, scotland, Union Canal
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loss
loss while in Scotland this summereven on those nightswhen the dark heavenssparkled with the eyes of a thousand loversI could not locate Orion this left me strangely unsettledfor reasonsI still don’t quite understand but it reminds mein a wayof my … Continue reading
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Tagged a thousand lovers, loneliness, loss, orion, poem, poetry, scotland
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the colour of the universe
the colour of the universe when you think about itthe colour of the universeis obvious it must be a complex mixof many things:courage and cowardicekindness and crueltypride and humilitycertainty and indecisionharmony and conflictintelligence and stupidityand some more stupidity add a … Continue reading
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Tagged colour of universe, kilt, poem, poetry, scotland, summer rain, tartan, whisky
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remember
remember do you know what I remember bestshe asks me with her famous smileI feel it radiating through the phonewith her words that so beguile it is hard for me to say I laughI have so many manly charmsbut I … Continue reading
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Tagged columbia river, manly charms, memories, poem, poetry, remember, scotland, seasons, sleeping safely, time flow
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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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homeland
Click here to hear the poet read his words: Homeland On a visit to my homeland weel-kent for its two weather conditions about to rain and already raining the Sunday is a wondrous treat of unexpected and glorious sunshine. Walking … Continue reading
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Tagged ayrshire, dairy cattle, homeland, maybole, poem, poetry, rain, scotland, sunshine, undulating topography
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Scottish Hallowe’en
Click here to hear the words read aloud: Hallowe’en nae bairn can contain their excitement as the end of October draws near each wee brain fair itches as they think about witches it is the scariest night of the year … Continue reading
Posted in humour, Poetry, Scottish Stuff, funny and serious
Tagged bogeyman, ghouls and ghosts, guising, hallowe'en, pumpkin, rhyme, scotland, trick or treat
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the sky
Click here to hear the poet read his words: the sky the poet loves to contemplate the sky though most folk say it is over my head I like to savour each drop as I gaze lazily up unless of course … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged mediterranean, nostalgia, poem, poetry, red planet, scotland, sky, starry night, van gogh, vincent
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