Short Auld Poems

the year ends

auld lang syne echoes

into eternity...

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the year ends
auld lang syne my dears..
into eternity...

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Christmas tree twinkles
ornaments shine
we're missing some
tears glisten
when I remember 


12/31/2021...

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I must forget
so as to replace
the face
on the streets,
without contempt.

Start the new
fresh and already accomplished....

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To see a butterfly.
to view a morning sky.
Have the love of a gentle woman,
before I die.

The Auld Yin.








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Singing Auld Lang Syne,
Cheering and kissing strangers;
Tomorrow, to work.

Comes in with a cheer;
Intentions, resolutions
Forgotten next year....

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There is an auld laddie near Fife
who sought for himself a good wife.
As no one would have 'im
he retired to a cabin
and drinks Scotch every day of his life....

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missed the big drop,
sensation and confetti,
Auld Lang Syne, champagne,
dear john lavish signature,
promise ring

1/4/2022
Tanka - 4/7/5/7/3...

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New Year Future

Fast-forward, my friend
and New Year’s Eve is over,
let’s sing Auld Lang Syne
as the clock strikes and bells chime
and step into the future....

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There is beauty to be found in December snow,
drifting upon the wind, where gentle breezes blow.
A month of glad tidings; wreaths of holly and pine.
To memories, we sing farewell in 'Auld Lang Syne.'...

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christmas tree on curb
spruce needles, dry, brown
here, there, ornament
broken, on branch
tinsel strands flitter
in cold New Years wind
soon, city truck
department of sanitation
come and carry, take away...

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moi
 
Moulded bred crusty
Summers vino severed tie
Auld Stinking Bishop
 
Ma
 
Shiny new sunspot
Shadowed by Misses Meaner
Clouded spineless imp
 
Pa
 
Longhaired lout cuddles
Pints fizzing ale gently pours
Tears orphan abandoned...

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Folklore drifts
past cobblestone
like ash.
Along High street,
I traipse through secrets,
foraging
ghosts in
Castle Rock’s
slate gaze.
I stir up
ancestors
to warm my spirit
as an Auld Reekie dawn
bares 
its dented armor....

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Herald the new
Auld Lang Syne
Party late
Pile your plate
Your glasses raised.

Now we see
Everyone hugging and kissing
Wishing well.

Yell and make some noise
Everything ends.
Always making, already breaking  
Resolutions....

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What if you see yourself die as you die
would you watch
above
below
within
without
Disturbaphobia
Whats the slang for slang
auld languages sign
peapod casts
Never seen the slap
just the darkness shiver in your smile
as you broke another day...

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In the Land O' Scots nigh auld Iverness,

   Cavorts a lass named Nessie in Loch Ness!

      Is this sly dragon fer real,

         Er jes' an overgrown eel?

            We'll never know fer sure is my guess!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved...

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You'll live inside my memory book
Sometimes I'll go back and look
Your image there won't fade away
A thousand years sharp as today

At one-o-five (105) if I'm still here
I'll open up that book so dear
And write through hands that then will shake
One last poem for old time's sake...

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Happy New  Year!
Time will tell.
What lyes ahead
Come toll the bell.

Kiss your love.
Eat pork and kraut.
Sing "Auld Lang Syne."
Throw troubles out.

Make resolutions.
Add the old.
Pray for peace.
God make us bold.

Happy New Year!
As the bells do call.
Ringing in
New Hope for all....

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On a narrow street of Singalong
  spreads and banners hang along
Wreaths of subjects and icon
  flourish within the alleys of lexicon.

As acid waters plunge, 
  dirt and dust lounge.
Tin roofs clang, rants and rats run.

Not all streets boom with a bang
  Only in the street of auld lang syne....

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Happy New Year!  Time will tell.

What lies ahead.  Come toll the bell

Kiss your love.  Eat pork and kraut.

Sing Auld Lang Syne.  Throw troubles out.

Make resolutions.  Add the old.

Pray for peace.  God make us bold.

Happy New Year!  As the bell does call.

Ringing in,  New hope for all....

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My festive home is looking fine,
With Christmas stockings hanging there,
The Easter bunny in a vase,
And spooky spiders on the chair.

Some birthday cards beside the clock,
A valentine for ‘someone dear’,
A CD playing Auld Lang Syne:
I decorate just once a year.

Jack Horne for Linda-Marie’s Holiday Hearth contest...

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An overhang might be a mystical spot,
where shattered hearts can be recuperated,
Hidden trusts are given fresh life,
The shouts of torment are discernible,
The sky is seen through a brought-down look,
The eyes clear away their auld tears,
furthermore, spirits are covered in obscurity,
welcome the beams of trust....

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Con-Trast

I Know Your Sham-Rock Clovers
And Frilly Lacey Flower Hearts
All Tumble Out Of
Sweet Delusional 
Hall-Mark Dreams...

With Plastered Faces
         &
Screams Of Pleasure.

Raise A Glass.
Auld Lang Syne.

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My Own Body Heat
Curled Up Under
A Rag Or Something,

*Arms Enveloping*

 Warm At Last.

-Gray Squirrel

06-04-2025...

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After Christmas time
festivness lingers.
A new year comes as
this year’s final eve
sparkles with fireworks.

Sing Auld Lang Syne
Toast the New Year.
Give somebody
a midnight kiss!

But what if
magic drifts
down to you?

The month’s
swan song. . .

SNOW

Dec. 26, 2019 
for Edward Ibeh's Pick A Title, Vol 12 - Diminished Hexaverse- Poetry Contest...

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Summer, winter, autumnal and vernal
Nature's tide freely flows through time eternal
As our days are with abandon shorn
Each year laid to rest is by nature reborn

So let the champagne flow this last night of December
To auld lang syne lift a glass so we may remember
With buoyant glee we'll greet the bright new dawn
As the new year struts in with dash and elan...

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