Best Caledonian Poems
Travelling In NorwayIn the arctic frozen sky of the enchanting land the midnight sun
leans on the horizon briefly in bright summer and again it rises,
I didn’t know when a new day actually would have or had begun.
The frosty sky in winter night burns in flashes of aurora...
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Categories:
caledonian, adventure, nature, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
AlbaRustic mountains
Through glaciations
Moulded this wonderful
Scottish Nation
Caledonian Forests
Covered our land
On our Western Islands
Golden beached sands
Glens and rivers
Cris cross our land
Glorious moors
Where the Highland Stag stands
Majestic and tall
Proud and might
This king of beasts
The most wonderful sight
Scenery to thrill
Heather-ed in purpled bloom
Look out any window
Its...
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Categories:
caledonian, animals, history, inspirational, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Kindness, the Gift of GodKindness is a redeemer that reaches us from heaven whenever needed
through human compassion or through all the helping things around
us created on earth by God. One such act of kindness touched me, filled
the cauldron of my heart when around Lyderhorn, a sleepy...
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Categories:
caledonian, god, heaven, inspirational,
Form:
Haibun
Melanesian Arts FestivalWe wore our meri blouses
And on stilts built our houses…
We carried our bilums so beautiful
And custom dressings so very colourful.
We wore our island dresses
And displayed our art in richness…
We played our native string-band
And drew creative designs on sand.
We wore our dark sulus
And brown costumes not...
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Categories:
caledonian, art,
Form:
Verse
A Touch of KindnessA TOUCH OF KINDNESS
Kindness is a gift you get from heaven,
Reaches you through humans
Or through things around you
Created by God on earth.
One such act of kindness touched me
Touched me deep in my heart
When around Lyderhorn, a sleepy village
Lodged on the banks of Norwegian Loddefjord
I...
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Categories:
caledonian, angel, heaven, how i
Form:
Free verse
13 Years13 Years
Rolling wheels,
Through fields of heather,
Browns and purples,
Steel blue of cold,
Regimented act of military manoeuvre,
It's perpetrators oblivious of its repetitive farce.
As we enter this erie caledonian mist,
A sleepless and dream like state,
From our early sojourn and departure,
Our purpose to...
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Categories:
caledonian, absence, angel, bereavement, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Dusk On the Murray RiverDusk On the Murray River
A crimson red blanket hangs over the river, shrouding its steep muddy banks.
This is dusk on the Murray River, the Mississippi of this great land.
Fifteen hundred miles of slow-flowing water linking state to state and ocean to mountain.
What secrets do your...
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Categories:
caledonian, bird, river,
Form:
Prose
Brahan Seer " Coinneach Odhar "Coinneach Odhar
The future in his sight
In the eye of his rounded stone
His visions became right
Predictions he made
On Seaforth lands
At Brahan Castle
In this shire of grand
One day ships will sail round the back of Tomnahurich Hill
On the river Ness
Ships did sail
On...
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Categories:
caledonian, death, history, life, lossriver,
Form:
Rhyme
Memorable JourneyLet me tell you a story…
In the arctic sky of scenic Norway the midnight sun
leaned briefly on the horizon in summer to again rise,
not known when new day would actually have begun,
in winter night flash of aurora borealis sprang surprise.
To unravel the mysteries...
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Categories:
caledonian, journey, memory,
Form:
Narrative
My HomeWelcome to my home for this is where I'll stay
It's where I was born, and where I'll end my days
It rests on the banks, of the Caledonian Canal
Surrounded by it's Highland beauty, in typical enthral
Cedars, Firs and Birch trees, iconic in their settings
Rain clouds often...
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Categories:
caledonian, history, inspirational, nature, people,
Form:
Couplet
The Cali's Freedom StandIn the town of Singleton, Hunter valley, NSW
Stands the Caledonian hotel, called the Cali
Famous not only for its popular pub
But also for standing strong for Aussies freedom.
Mystery surrounds the hotel, claimed haunted
As four people died for unknown reason
Unexplainable voices are heard in the rooms
Not known...
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Categories:
caledonian, freedom, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
Adventure In Terrain of KindnessKindness is a gift we get from heaven
Reaches us through humans
Or through things around us
Created by souls on earth with God’s grace.
While on a study adventure
One such act of kindness
Touched the deep niche of my heart
When around...
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Categories:
caledonian, adventure, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Freedom Pub's StandStanding for freedom’s supremacy
Legitimately granted to be enjoyed
I am the "Freedom Pub*"
Tenaciously upholding what I believe is lawful
Anchored by the Constitution
Which strongly buttresses this nation I am part of…
Speaking for humane practices
That exposes unlawful mandates
Imposed by the government
I am the "Freedom Pub"
And...
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Categories:
caledonian, christian, freedom, god, health,
Form:
Personification
Voyage and DeathOh no!
When a boat departs from the bay,
Floating on the white flowers of the sea foam,
When a tiny bit of the Moon wanders across the oceans,
All coloured in the ash of clouds,
Not even then the rest of your life
Under the colour of the night
Won’t let...
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Categories:
caledonian, life,
Form:
Free verse