Long Tatties Poems
Long Tatties Poems. Below are the most popular long Tatties by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Tatties poems by poem length and keyword.
The Spirits of CullodenThe 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 on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Paying respects...
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Categories:
tatties, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial day, memory,
Form:
Rhyme
WHO ACTUALLY IS LIKE USWho actually is like us
The modern world you see today
Right before your eyes,
Who done this and who done that
Well you’re in for a wee surprise.
From the Bank of England to the Bank of France
Then we...
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Categories:
tatties, appreciation, inspiration, motivation, nostalgia, patriotic, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Mum's Christmas DinnerShe stays awake for hours, cutting Xs in the sprouts,
Then peels all the tatties, a ton or thereabouts,
Slicing and dicing parsnips is next up in the plan,
Chops up carrots and a swede, and put them...
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Categories:
tatties, christmas, family, food, funny, holiday, humorous, mom,
Form:
Rhyme
Poor BluePoor Blue. Written about a visit to the butchers with my mum, in Liverpool, when I was a child
Poor Blue
To butchers I went
With mother to spend
Some money on meat for the week
For two days a...
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Categories:
tatties, child, dog, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
Back To the 80sake me back to the 80s,
with top gun all the rage.
with me VHS and Betamax,
and Ceefax holiday page.
Keith had is hand up Orville,
the Rubix cube was fun.
Samantha had her baps out,
on the third page...
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Categories:
tatties, funny, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Awa' Aff the River ShoreAwa' oan the Firth of Forth,
high oan the famous brig',
a laboring lad toils tirelessly
in the cauld and bitter wind.
Awa' aff the river shore,
a braw lassie waits for him,
scourin' and roastin'...
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Categories:
tatties, love, places, song-river,
Form:
Lyric
Ode To Rabbie BurnsOde to Rabbie Burns.
. I was up before the dawn,
still half asleep for sure.
I struggled into wellies
and headed for the moor.
The heather smelt so fine,
my Whisky tasted good
as i...
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Categories:
tatties, food
Form:
Rhyme
It's just an Adventure
looking back to when I was a lad
They said times were hard, They said things were bad.
Picking up tatties, the pulling of peas
Coming back home with scratched grimy knees.
Screwing the Beetroot, yes that is right
Removing...
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Categories:
tatties, adventure, friendship, fun, growing up, nostalgia,
Form:
Couplet
Chicken George, the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing Like the TruthHe turned into a rooster, right there before my eyes
His arms became plump chicken wings, imagine my surprise
His chest puffed out and swelled with pride his back a feathered thatch
His scruffy brogues were cast aside,...
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Categories:
tatties, funny
Form:
Rhyme
Burns night welcomeThank ye all fer coming te this feast
Many a fine lady accompanied by there beast
Enjoy your broth as a wee starter
Were joined together for friendship n banter
Followed by the ode to the haggis
Gentlemen give ya...
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Categories:
tatties, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
Burns' LamentWhen ah sairly look doon frae up oan high
Frae ma cloud warmed dookit in the azure sky
At aw the drunken bloated bletherums
Wha meet fur ma birthday's kilted getherums
Tae feast sae dearly oan neeps an' tatties
Wi'...
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Categories:
tatties, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Old Man of MineA story once told upon a time by an old man down a mine
On ar streets there were no heat , coal was ar warmth,
mam at the hot stove cooking up a pudding , the...
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Categories:
tatties, angel, home,
Form:
Free verse
It's Burns Nicht 25th JanuaryJean, Jean wis young an' alive till Ah gied her tatties and neeps;
Noo she's bein' seek as a dug, it fairly gies me the creeps.
Bonnie Mary O' Argyle took a trip tae the Brig O'...
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Categories:
tatties, april, humorous,
Form:
Verse