Edinburgh Poems - Poems about Edinburgh

...Paris was built gray, though in summer, the trees and the umbrellas upload color. The architecture spills over into gay shades of silver and pewter. Edinburgh is gray, gray are the plastic rain......Read the rest...

...1. When in Rome a) Tour Vatican City b) Be awestruck by the Colosseum c) Marvel at the Trevi Fountain d) Study the architecture 2. When in Dubai a) Learn Arabic b) Wear sandals c) Go......Read the rest...

...We’re reading some Rebus Connecting up dots It bends us, it weaves us In all sorts of knots. The writer is laughing We’ve misread the clues The motive is baffling One more we change views. ......Read the rest...

...Tommy Tapioca’d married Margery Anne McDonald when each of them was twenty-one with just one thing in mind: To save the only offspring of the richest man in Scotland from falling prey to what he dee......Read the rest...

...A Sea Shanty! Mother call your children home, put them in their beds. Tell them stories of better times, and try to fill their heads. Give them dreams of yesterday, and promises for tomo......Read the rest...

...The tributes keep pouring in and my heart is singing a wonderful hymn The lines are getting longer and the passions are getting stronger They stormed the streets in a hundred thousand throng; peop......Read the rest...

...boxful of Scotland souvenirs at a car boot sale a life’s possessions in thirty or so boxes from the back of a white Transit knick-knacks from Scotland a wee man with ginger hair tam o’shant......Read the rest...

...Goodbye, Prince Philip, husband of the Queen, age ninety-nine. Thank you, for giving up prince hood from Greek and Danish lines. Thank you, Royal Navyman, for setting prisoners free; thanks for wi......Read the rest...

...Arthur's seat sits hidden by the cloak of night, his head up in the clouds. Princes Street lies empty, no royals, no life, no crowds. Nelson stands neglected, having made a monumental mistake. ......Read the rest...

... To lose the true love of your life A devastating blow Even when expected It breaks your heart to see him go No longer here to share your life To talk things through To comfort ......Read the rest...

...Bagpipes in short high sounding squeals that loudly play to the ears appeal some haunting distant melodic foreboding malaise, stretching across an isle of green-blue ways, freed open and ging......Read the rest...

...Working on the ancient rocks I traveled across Scotland, on way to Edinburgh I crossed the rolling Highlands, trailing the serpentine road built on rocks and debris, fenced by the unbro......Read the rest...

... Edinburgh, Scotland is where the Union Jack is unfurled. This city gave a rock and roll gift to the world. Dressed in tartan kilts and scarves were five talented boys. During the seventi......Read the rest...

...Big Ben strikes ten, depart Kings Cross. Squeal of tight wheel, where lines criss-cross. Clickety-clack. Clickety clack. Now heading north-bound on fast track. Leave city sprawl in grey and gri......Read the rest...

...Tommy Tapioca’d married Margery Anne McDonald when each of them was twenty-one with just one thing in mind: To save the only offspring of the richest man in Scotland from falling prey to what he dee......Read the rest...