Short Aberdeen Poems

I once met a girl in Aberdeen
Sweetest little gal I ever seen
Her face was fair,
Had auburn hair
Her reputation was squeaky clean.

written January 3, 2022...

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Britainers have no idea of distance
Ontario to B.C. is just a hop, skip and a dance
About 3,000 miles
London to Aberdeen 450 miles
Holy crap, no chance to change your underpants...

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The white tower reaches for the heavens
a lighthouse in a motionless sea of grey

Beckoning the road-weary traveller
like a palm tree at a desert oasis

While an ominous fence of black spears
keeps the unwanted at bay...

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Once there was a young lad from Aberdeen 
Whose knees were the knobbiest ever seen. 
	He bought himself a kilt, 
	Wore the kilt without guilt 
He kept his bony knees kilt-worthy clean.


Written April 4, 2021
for Scotland - One Rule Contest
sponsored by Julia Ward...

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There was a young lad from Aberdeen
His knees were knobbiest ever seen.
Bought himself a kilt,
Wore it without guilt
Kept his bony knees kilt-worthy clean.

revised March 31, 2022
originally written April 4, 2021
[syllables checked with PS counter]...

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Dusty streets lined with trees 
and dry water channels
petrified veins in the scorching sun

The large stately homes
hinting at a more favourable era
Shells of buildings filled with 
memories of farmers’ markets 
and ghosts of Jewish pedlars

Monuments of rubble and decay
to drunken street kids 
and tumbleweeds....

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Skyline of rowed houses
Rolls past and
So do the greys of labour, 
Conservative and otherwise
Are boarded on the decks of
Oil tankers; hollow
Hulking HMS something
Sleeps in the docks
Of the town once red
Now muddy brown
And sick, 
Labour wise and 
Reading Caledonia.

Aberdeen 2012 on route to Shetland...

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Granny sat upon the time machine
                                 With mustard sauce,salt and sardine;
                                      In the year Three Thousand,
                                         My son was her husband
                                      In the port city of Aberdeen.









12/10/2017...

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My Love of Colors in My Paintings
Tangerine is my go-to color; it makes my paintings pop.
When I am working on an aberdeen sky, I never want to stop.
Obsidian is the paint I use to enhance my cat’s yellow eyes.
Citrine is one of my favorite colors, it looks eerie in my skies.
Green permeates my artwork, it makes my paintings fresh and cool.
Aquamarine mermaids swim by, a fantasy success as a general rule.
Crimson I use in all my roses, I learned this in art school....

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