When youse wake up in the crack of dawn
A morning adventure
I shall be gone.
When youse reward a salubrious place
for those who can disappear without a trace
I’ll win it till my first kid is born.
When youse proffer out, in the sun
those who can play hide and seek a diamond trophy
I shall abandon others to go have all the fun.
And when I’m told to eat with a small spoon
both in the morn and in the afternoon
I’ll refuse.
When youse wake up in the crack of dawn
A morning adventure
I shall be gone.
When youse reward a salubrious place
for those who can disappear without a trace
I’ll win it till my first kid is born.
When youse proffer out, in the sun
those who can play hide and seek a diamond trophy
I shall abandon others to go have all the fun.
And when I’m told to eat with a small spoon
both in the morn and in the afternoon
I’ll refuse.
BAIRN
THE MORNING I GOT UP AND THINK
ABOUT YOU.
SO YOU ARE BAIRN OF MY LIFE
AND I AM BAR MITZVAH OF YOURS.
OH!MY BAIRN SEE I AM GETTING
THIS BARMY FOR YOU
THAT'S THE REASON YOU CAME IN MY LIFE.
YOU ARE THE BELLERINA OF MY LIFE
I STOLE IT FROM NATURE
'COZ THEY WANTED TO KEEP
ANEMONE LIKE YOU.
SO I DECIDED TO TAKE YOU
TO ME MY BAIRN.
YOU ARE MY BAIRN
I WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER SO
SO MY BAIRN BE WITH ME
IN LIFE 'S TO FOLLOW.
Like a pearl in a shell,
In a cradle o bairn! You dwell
To you even this tiny space
May seem a vast expanse!
So live, that as you grow,
By your glorious deeds you show,
That this universe- your cradle
Would be petite, finite and humble!
Like a pearl in a shell,
In a cradle o bairn! You dwell
To you even this tiny space
May seem a vast expanse!
So live, that as you grow,
By your glorious deeds you show,
That this universe- your cradle
Would be petite, finite and humble!
Looking for the formal definition, structure, and history of this poetry form? Visit the Poetry Dictionary entry below. Then return to explore how PoetrySoup members bring the form to life through their own poems.