Oot Poems

Root Chakra : Illusku

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root chakra ruby 
into mother earth so deep
grounded safe to sleep

                                       R                R
                               o///\\\/\\\//\\o    ...
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Categories: oot, allusion, change, character, color,
Form: Other

Warm Arms

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J-oy's
O-pen
A-rms
N-icely
N-egating
E-mbrace

O-f
L-oneliness
A-t
Y-our
B-eing's
A-uric
R-oot

©bfa062025
Monocrostic (Birthday of Joanne Olaybar)...
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Categories: oot, birthday,
Form: Other


Premium MemberBROKEN DOWN ANGELS

...BROKEN DOWN ANGELS

It disny seem that long ago
Toddling and having fun,
Crawling then walking along the floor 
And learning how tae run.

Potty trained and full eh life
They’d run you af yer...
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Categories: oot, abuse, addiction, dark, drug,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWHO ACTUALLY IS LIKE US

...Who 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...
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Categories: oot, appreciation, inspiration, motivation, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberHAGGIS

...Haggis

I was walking up Benarty hill
When a Haggis crossed my path,
It jumped into a puddle 
As it took it`s morning bath.

It splished and splashed in the puddle
And then it dooked it`s hee...
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Categories: oot, happy, myth, silly, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberTWA HAIRY DUGS

...TWA HAIRY DUGS

Twa hairy dugs
 Walking doon the street,
Raking in the buckets
Tae find a bite tae eat.

Licking oot a puddle
Tae git a nice cool drink,
Survival on the streets alone
They r...
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Categories: oot, animal, care, cute love,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberSAMHUINN

...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: oot, fantasy, fear, halloween, horror,
Form: Rhyme

Saint Catherine Was Excalibur

...I always said tether to the void
Not any idealistic reason or choice
Now suspended I know why I’ve been devoid
Because how can one speak with an inside voice
Where no one can hear you out...
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Categories: oot, adventure, conflict, corruption, crazy,
Form: Epic

NOISE

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This world is full of noise,enough to burst,
your mind and destroy well being lust,
noise from traffic on ground and air,
from telly,s ,radios and everywhere.
Gies a break we aa bellow,
makin ...
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Categories: oot, anxiety, conflict, depression, pain,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWelcome February

...First thing first! Grammys the 4th, Groundhog Day the second 
Emerge badger, shadow or no shadow s p r i n g is beckoned 
B i r t h s t o n e  is  amethyst and the flower is v ...
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Categories: oot, february,
Form: Acrostic

Premium MemberInitial It

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  OOB = Out of Business
    OOT = Out of Town
  OOL = Out of Luck
    ARD = All Run Down

  OMG = Oh My God!
    WAB = What a Bod!
  OTL = On the Loose
    OTJ = Off the Juice

  OOO = Ou...
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Categories: oot, fun, word play,
Form: Rhyme

Auld Sangs

...Sing tae me the auld sangs that ah learnt when a bairn,
Sitting at ma mithers knee hearin the lilting tunes,
Carrying me far awa in ma mind 
Wurds  o the land whaur ah live
An love aw the deys o ...
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Categories: oot, allegory, culture, desire, grief,
Form: Rhyme

Seeded

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"Seeded" 

planted in the mind, another way of being
outside spectrum, the act of forgiveness
the lore of love, united with the Seven Sisters

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
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Categories: oot, children, creation, forgiveness, future,
Form: Free verse

Caledonia

...Caledonia her laund is oor laund,
Caledonia her laund is ma laund
A laund wherr ithers ur walcome,
As we haud oot oor hand
In friendship an tak ye aw in,
As brithers fur aw that.

Caledonia we...
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Categories: oot, conflict, courage, feelings, grief,
Form: Ballad

A Glesga Setterday Nicht

...“Gaun an bile yer heid” he bawled oot,
As he stood in the middle o the cobbled street.
Tae nae yin in particular.
Did he vent his anger.
Fu as a whaulk he staggered and swayed
Wan pin rooted tae...
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Categories: oot, anger, city, culture, funny,
Form: Light Verse

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