Best Scot Poems

Terror seizes you, and it isn't kind. 
 You try to go somewhere peaceful in your mind.
But the pain rips you right back to here...

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JED.

Jed the horse thief was a bit of a dope
Stole a pretty horse and tried to elope
Folk declared him a horse thief
And for giving them...

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I can hear them in the distance when the air is bright and clear
They bring back bitter memories of a long ago yesteryear
The whining of...

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I always believed
at some point in time
due to some hidden
moral rhythm and rhyme...
a word triggered memory
would rob you
of that tranquility
that you've wrapped
around yourself
tightly
leaving no room
for...

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Twas on the eve of Christmas and St Nick was feeling glum
because his leading reindeer had some problems with his tum.
With Dasher feeling poorly, Santa...

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Now, can you catch that Dingledot?
I need to get him quite a lot.
He is the only one I’ve got.
You’ll find he’s very hard to spot.

He...

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His voice the hiss of serpents,
he acknowledged the pact unmade,
but now he was here to tell him
how the debt would be repaid.

"All your sons, and...

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3/6/15

Where an everlasting breeze exists
Across the trees and cliffs
It was just me and a ship
Lost at sea adrift
I didn't really need a wish
Because I believed...

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The Poetry Contest
I'll tell you a tale, I'm sure you'll agree 
It'll interest those who write poetry
A poets contest 
To find one who's best 
To...

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How could You 
See my pain
Include me in the
Great Exhange
How could You
Relate to me
Bring me in then
Set me free

Real love
Real love.


How could you
Believe in me
Touch...

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A braver man than I once said,
He feared for my eternal soul!
Courage from my heart has fled,
As I see I'm growing old!

A wiser man might...

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Got to hold it together, try to keep my cool, 
Even when dealing, with imbecilic fools,
Should know better, but they freak me out,
When in the...

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Comin Thro the Rye
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
 
Oh, Jenny's all wet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She's draggin' all her petticoats
Comin' through...

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Sweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

after William Dunbar

Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...

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These steep hills are part of me
Where I learned to ride a bike
And gazed over the industrial haze
And ice-dammed the steep melting  streets
So the...

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