Where the Heather Grows

Where The Heather Grows

How grows the heather in the moor
Does it still bloom as days of yore 
When baited breath transfixed the lore
Of pixies, love, and beer

Where grouse went courting in the loam
In heathered rocks...a purple home
Of safety and part metronome 
As dogs and beaters near

To hunt a brace of grouse...or two
Or coax a pixie into view
Or drink some heather beer...fresh brew
And walk beyond all blear 

I long to see those purpled frills 
Of Scotland's heathered moorland hills 
To breathe that fragrant wind that chills...
Oh! Heart hold back your tear. 



2.25.2017©deborah burch 


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8886 syllables 
aaaB cccB dddB eeeB rhyme

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 3/14/2017 11:40:00 AM
Excellent write filled with clear imagery..TAH
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Date: 3/5/2017 1:58:00 PM
Nice description; makes me want to be there. Hopefully this year, that is the plan. Now, do I take the high road or the low road?
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/5/2017 2:06:00 PM
Lol;) "the one less traveled..."
Date: 3/1/2017 9:30:00 AM
This is lovely, Cap'n:) I love the new form you've used:) I love the colour purple:)
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 12:29:00 PM
Thank you Jo!!:) Hugggs!
Date: 2/28/2017 7:54:00 PM
A longing for those purple blooms..Beautiful write Deb...Hugs
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 12:30:00 PM
Indeed!! Thank you Joseph! Hugggs deb
Date: 2/28/2017 5:57:00 PM
I love this form, because it is easy to see how it works and it is very smooth flowing. Is it your invention or a friend's? GREAT poem.
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 12:31:00 PM
Thank you so very much Andy!! Love ya! :)
Date: 2/28/2017 12:45:00 PM
This is really beautiful, Deborah, both in content and rhyme. The moors and all connected to them, whether flora, legends or fauna, I find lovely and inspiring. You have just persuaded me to return to North Yorkshire and the Scottish Highlands!! #7 Regards & Hugs // paul
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 12:32:00 PM
Oh lucky you Paul!! Thank you :)
Date: 2/28/2017 12:30:00 PM
Deb, if I want to learn something new, I always come to you and I never get disappointed :) This is great! Absolutely wonderful rhyme that I HAVE to try myself now soon.
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Deborah Burch
Date: 3/8/2017 12:32:00 PM
Lol. Thank you Darren! Hugggs!! :)
Date: 2/28/2017 5:56:00 AM
This was beautiful and enchanting Deb. Lie a poetic mini-vacation for the mind. Really nicely done, the flow is song like and the rhymes are spot on.
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Deborah Burch
Date: 2/28/2017 9:27:00 AM
Thank you Chris! You're so kind to me...Big Hugggs deb
Date: 2/28/2017 3:26:00 AM
Wonderful imagery in beautiful flowing lines. I've always wanted to visit Scotland. My grandma's mom was a McCullough from Dunfermline. Thanks for taking me there tonight...hugs, Rhonda
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Deborah Burch
Date: 2/28/2017 9:26:00 AM
Hi Rhonda!! :) thank you so much...big hugs deb
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