Kelpie Poems

Kelpie Shore

...Do not stop to dip your toes
or heaven knows to swim 
within this sea of winds
where waves are whipped to horses ears
and tails of white among the foam
foolish child go home
retreat, and walk n...

High Sea Low Shore

...Bawling fog horns
shake scales from tiled rooftops.
Spume and brume
spray momentary mountains
over submerging sea walls

From the pub on the harbor front,
we hear the buffeted gulls cry
as th...

Duncan Macalpin Fell In Love

...Duncan MacAlpin thoughts were disturbed
Beauty he had seen in Crovie
Had stolen his heart with one look.
Her face a map of Scotland.

Where would I begin to look for her? He wondered.
Mercury s...

Scotland's Monster Dinner

...SCOTLAND'S MONSTER DINNER 

          walking upon the moors of Scotland    i saw a sprite who
became a unicorn -- she mated with Kelpie:  kissing
therianthropy --> she rode the unicorn:   sheddi...

My Dog Jake

...I have a blue cattle cross kelpie
'A working dog' they say
But Jake doesn't work
He eats and sleeps
Then runs away.

Jake is mischievous 
and some people say
Jake is a dumb mutt
But from a p...

I Love Pets

...Just a short story of the joys of living with a cat, a kelpie, a labrador.
Sometimes they play in a peaceful house, sometimes it’s like a war.
Like this morning, the red dog played tug of war all o...

My Dog

...Indiana, you’re my most special friend,
My friend who waits patiently throughout every single day.
You know, I still can’t comprehend
How you rip and destroy my pillows whenever we play.

You ru...

Dark Eyed Traveller

...Standing at the tavern door,eyes dark and brooding
Neath his floppy hat, stared into the crowded room,
A Raven flew from his shoulder settling in rafters high,
He smiled a sardonic smile and order...

If Shakespeare Chose the Outback

...“Gotta’ ‘git’ ‘im!” Followed the howl of death.
His cigarette burnt brighter, when he sucked another breath.
“Will I get the gun and spotlight?” I asked rising from my chair.
“Nar’, no sense!” the...

Call of the Sirens

...The harbour rests from the rolling waves			
Of a windswept and tempestuous sea			
Beyond the breakwater lay sailors graves		
Where shipwrecks in eternal sleep rest free		
Once lured upon the rock...

The Ondine

...In reservoirs, far underground,
where stalagmites are sometimes found.
In lakes and ponds and puddled pools,
in mist and marsh and snow that cools,
I hide beside my sisters. 

In issuing spring...

Luke

...LUKE
                                                                        Frank Halliwell

It seems a year or two at most that Luke has been around,
But nine have passed since first I spied him at...

Boys Beware

...By the side of the loch some boys at play, 
when into their midst there came
A beautiful white and riderless horse 
with a long and flowing mane

A redheaded boy jumped up on its back, 
...

Kelpie Salvation

...Kelpie eyes. 
Water horse,
Drag me under,
On your back.
Fingers and mane entwined,
Eyes wide.
Mouth gasping.
Water rushing.
Blurry periphery,
Extends its reach.
Dark, dead eyes....

Kelpie

...Oh kelpie with your dripping mane
seducing valiant men of heart,
who by your spell would all be swain 
and every sense in them, depart.

Why weep you by the loch and tide?
What brought you from...

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