SAMHUINN
...SAMHUINN
Wi samhuin fast approaching
When people start tae dread,
The gates of hell burst open
For the festival of the dead.
Bane shanks lifts his scythe
And scrieves his words in fire,
Welc...
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Categories:
deil, fantasy, fear, halloween, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Marie of Ecosse
...Sound of a song softly sung rose in the air and through windows
Barred to let air and light in and little else.
A lament sung in Gaelic tongue foreign to ears used to French,
But its meaning under...
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Categories:
deil, abuse, anger, conflict, fear,
Form: Ballad
A Fou Bet
...We met in yonder tavern
hay up top o' meikle hill
bousing nappy til a' fou
the nite drave on wi' rairing voices
an the nappy growing better
a souter gars a bet wi' lades o' siller
the deil lau...
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Categories:
deil, drink, giggle,
Form: Verse