Scotland
...
I couldn't give a toss for the caber
cromach bagpipes sporran or kilt
(a fling's the thing)
and you can stick your dirk in your haggis
up to its bog-wood hilt
yet I'd like to hike thro...
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Categories:
caledonian, animal, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme
Freedom Pub's Stand
...Standing 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 bu...
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Categories:
caledonian, christian, freedom, god, health,
Form: Personification
The Cali's Freedom Stand
...In 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...
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Categories:
caledonian, freedom, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Memorable Journey
...Let 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...
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Categories:
caledonian, journey, memory,
Form: Narrative
Dusk On the Murray River
...Dusk 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 ...
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Categories:
caledonian, bird, river,
Form: Prose
Kindness, the Gift of God
...Kindness 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 m...
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Categories:
caledonian, god, heaven, inspirational,
Form: Haibun
Adventure In Terrain of Kindness
...Kindness 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...
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Categories:
caledonian, adventure, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Melanesian Arts Festival
...We 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...
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Categories:
caledonian, art,
Form: Verse
Voyage and Death
...Oh 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 th...
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Categories:
caledonian, life,
Form: Free verse
A Touch of Kindness
...A 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 kindnes...
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Categories:
caledonian, angel, heaven, how i
Form: Free verse
Travelling In Norway
...In 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.
Th...
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Categories:
caledonian, adventure, nature, travel,
Form: Rhyme
13 Years
...13 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.
...
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Categories:
caledonian, absence, angel, bereavement, confusion,
Form: Free verse
My Home
...Welcome 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 ent...
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Categories:
caledonian, history, inspirational, nature, people,
Form: Couplet
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 sh...
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Categories:
caledonian, death, history, life, lossriver,
Form: Rhyme
Alba
...Rustic 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 ...
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Categories:
caledonian, animals, history, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme
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