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Best Wae Poems

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The Bandit Kings! (A Golf Poem)
Written in Scottish dialect.

Jack, Bernard and John, the Bandit Kings,
Hae handicaps wae too high.
Each o’ them score four points a hole,
Ah canna tell ye a...

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Categories: wae, friendship, funny, sports
Form: Verse



Religious Education
Wur in RE an the nuns are gien                 ...

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© John Prior  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wae, abuse, education, religious, school,
Form: Bio
Tae Ma Wee Quiet Pawky Frien'
Hello yea bonny wee pawky thing,
sittin' there tuggin' at ma hert strings.
Aye yer wee ,an' oan yer oan yer hard tae see,
niver mind wee thing...

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Categories: wae, nature, life,
Form: Quatrain
Mary Ann Dow Stuart Gardiner
My Mother
Mary Ann Dow Gardiner

Mary Ann Dow Stuart wis her maiden name,
Noo, she wisnae a Scoatish Lass o' fame.
Born in nineteen hunner an' five on...

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Categories: wae, dedication, night, me, night,
Form: Quatrain
Bonnie Scotland
scotland poem

bonnie scotlands the place to be,
whar awe yae ever may want tae be,
fae glens n lochs and water to
lookin arood scotland whor thars a...

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© Davy Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wae, upliftingwater, may, sun, water,
Form: I do not know?



'me', Full Circle
A luv ma life sae full o' joy,
I keep ma interests at full employ.
Each day fur me is sic' delight,
every day, aw' day an' ivery...

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Categories: wae, life, happy, beautiful, autumn,
Form: Quatrain
Devonshire Tea Fur Fower
Devonshire tea with Peter an' Beryl, beware,
it's no the fact that Peter disnae care.
But 88 years doon the track o' life,
an' 84 years fur Beryl,...

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Categories: wae, natural disasters, me,
Form: Quatrain
Jacks
Ah had a aulder bruther whin ah wis wee,
ah wis five then an' he -wis nine yea see.
A tendid tae follow him aboot,
bit bein' aulder...

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Categories: wae, dedication, me, day, me,
Form: Quatrain
Tae a Cherry
Wee, wee rid rid coated thing
tae ma hert sic joy yea bring.
Wae elegance an' tender charm,
ma racin' hert yea sae disarm.

Yea hang there among yer...

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Categories: wae, nature, song, song,
Form: Quatrain
Imagination
'Imagine'. Life's wurth without, 'imagination',
could we iver contemplate creation?
A gif' to have in oor ain mind's een,
without it, nuthin' wundrous wid be iver seen.

Rabbie."O wad...

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Categories: wae, imagination, imagination, life, power,
Form: Quatrain
Bonnie,,,Nae Mare
Tak a swally wae mae will ye?
toast tae a life goan past
tae a wee lassie pure et last

Am no gonie lie
ets time fur her tae...

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Categories: wae, death
Form: Free verse
Scotland
scotland poem

bonnie scotlands the place to be,
whar awe yae ever may want tae be,
fae glens n lochs and water to
lookin arood scotland whor thars a...

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© Davy Young  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: wae, happinesswater, may, sun, water,
Form: I do not know?
The Spirits of Culloden
The Spirits of Culloden. 
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin...

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Categories: wae, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial
Form: Rhyme
A Trip Doon the Watter
Sailin doon the watter,
Frae Glesga tae Dunoon,
Wae the paddles at thur fullest,
We'd get ther awfy soon,

The music played as we stood on deck,
An the sights...

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Categories: wae, adventure, places, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Sticky Fingered Jane
Canny remember this Lass's name,
but fur the poem's sake let's assume she's Jane.
'Jane ' this per wee soul had fingers lighter than a blidy feather,
aw...

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Categories: wae, people, dad, dad,
Form: Quatrain

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