Best Ayrshire Poems

A beautiful day in Ayr
Because its so breezy and fair 
Chasing seagulls and sand in my hair...

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Clans, Ilks and Tartans

Woven into threads of red and black,
Girded by grids of white,
Distant plaintive bagpipe memories
Of sunset over Kilmaurs –
A crest that bears a...

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I am a Burn’s Night baby
(named after the Ayrshire bard)
So we’re off to hunt a haggis
locating one is extremely hard

We scour the hills of Scotland
and...

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“Auld Lang Syne” - the most-sung New Year's Eve song

Courtesy Robert Burns
circa  (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)
the National Bard,
Bard of Ayrshire
and the...

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It's one of the plus's of living in Scotland
if you are over the 60 plus age band
travel is free from John O'Groats to Dumfries
giving one...

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Glenbuck Son 
1913-1981 

In Glenbuck he was born 
From an Ayrshire mine he did rise 
The man who would change so many lives 
With the...

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This is an interesting question
 born in city of Glasgow
 moved at 6 weeks to Ayrshire
 then 1990 to Renfrew I go

 So where is...

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The first sign of summer
has this day appeared so clear
the sky's blue with sun about
you can feel it so very near

So to the beach I...

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Brackish-gurgling days that
Unobtrusively slid along
Past tussock grass and curled up 
Balls of Fern...
Glued tightly onto structured vanes
Of outstretched frond.
Venerable Mosses reciting epic tales,
Measured throughout Metronomical...

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Note-It's Burns Weekend in Scotland and this is my tribute to our great bard.I will 
be reciting this at a Burns Supper tonight.I hope you...

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From ‘The Woe of Roanoke ‘
It wasn’t just the gale that chilled his skin
As he mulled on the cannibal captured within.
In trembling state he clenched...

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In growing up in the country
in a cottage by a farm
we had a pet dog called Glen
was real friendly full of charm

My dad, Glen and...

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Jamie plays the sport of boccia, 
Where you throw your six balls, 
Towards the jack with another, 
And whoever is nearest, calls. 

Jamie has Duchenne...

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Kilmarnock is two places split by Atlantic
one in Virginia other in Ayrshire
they are of different character straits
all bringing their own dimensions higher

The Virginia  brand...

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My Tongue has been through a lot
stuttering for the whole of my years
with a Scottish dialect as well
which is rather speedy full of fears

The quickness...

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