Tag Archives: unicorn

if I could

Posted on May 16, 2022 by AnElephantCant

if I could if I could live my lifeagainthere are so many thingsI’d try to dodifferently like spend less timechasing rainbowsand morejust holding you like stopsearching vast Highland meadowsfor a unicorn to rideand wandering round Scalpsie Bayseeking mermaidsto dance with … Continue reading →

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thistles

Posted on December 31, 2021 by AnElephantCant

thistles you came into my worldlike sunshine on heatheron the slopes of Ben Lomondlike a soft windbringing springtimeto the Great Glen you enriched my lifelike a unicornbrightens a child’s dreamswith magic and joy and summer passedin a wondrous hazewhere thistlesmeek … Continue reading →

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Scotland

Posted on September 13, 2020 by AnElephantCant

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 →

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even if

Posted on February 8, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: even if you know how I feel about you it is no secret and you understand why there is only one thing I ask in return say you love me even … Continue reading →

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she loves the poet

Posted on January 25, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: she loves the poet she loves the gentle poet with his clever lines of verse she adores his rhymes and rhythms his seductive use of words she loves how he paints … Continue reading →

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even if

Posted on October 22, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear a reading of the poem: you know how I feel about you it is no secret and you understand why there is only one thing I ask in return say you love me even if it’s … Continue reading →

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in two

Posted on January 23, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Ear Phones Recommended: I thought you broke my heart in two on the day that you left me but I walk barefoot on golden sands in paradise on the Mediterranean Sea I write gentle words of poetry I see mermaids … Continue reading →

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always here

Posted on January 2, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Ear Phones Recommened: I survive this bleak December contemplate the coming year with a smile of equanimity because I know that you are here the winds are blowing colder clouds tell me snow is near the weather holds no menace … Continue reading →

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Animal Vegetable or Minstrel?

Posted on July 3, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be serious Some animals just make him laugh A wee chunky donkey A wild funky monkey And there is nothing half as daft as a giraffe The kangaroo and alpaca amuse him Orang-utans have him holding our sides … Continue reading →

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Rent a What? – Haibun Thinking

Posted on October 7, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant tell you how happy he is For some months now he has felt a sad lack But once more quite merrily He channels his creative energy Into the Haibun good ol’ Al now brings back AnElephant once again attempts … Continue reading →

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