Short Bagpipes Poems

Rubber band burning
Sandpaper against my teeth
Bagpipes warming up

By Robb A. Kopp...

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Scottish bagpipes
breathe
the
Scotland air
are
the
splendid white clouds
and
i
said
aye laddie...go there...

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Man skirts fill the scene 
Whining outlawed bagpipes sing
His kilt of plaid green

By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights reserved ©MMX...

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His face turned red while he played
The bagpipes for Tartan Day
Not for lack of air
But people's stares
When the wind blew his kilt away!...

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Bagpipes
Wailing noises
Learners seldom impress
Neighbours often threaten lawsuits
Windbags

Jack Horne for Nette’s Melody cinquain contest...

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awaken bagpipes
riled up in broguish accent
traversing drawbridge
of Cawdor Castle
enchanting chanter and drones...

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A certain poise, the bagpipes lack
Not being rude, it’s just a fact
The kilt is first-rate
The rest, not so great
Red in the face, squeezing your sack...

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                Near to a castle
       in the Scottish countryside,
               next to a deep lake
       looking at the blue waters
     ~the nature plays the bagpipes...

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How many can say they love the bagpipes
Hands please, uh you over there the Plaidy type 
Another that's two
A guy having a snooze
Sounds like stuff they play when somebody dies...

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they heard the faint strains
of 'Amazing Grace' playing
on Scottish bagpipes

static and then buzz
a new pod victim had left
a radio on...

***Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Re-make - 1978)...

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It's two thirty, there's a knock at my door
Hey, it's my neighbour, what's he here for
"it's so plucky of you!"
Playing my Bagpipes the noo
If I wasn't, then what are you here for




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Australia white sand beaches where koalas play
Hollywood glamor and stars, you'll want to stay
Tour Scotland, then France
Bagpipes first, then romance
Reading travel brochures always make my day!

11/26/22...

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Is a “catfish” a cat or a fish, let's get this straight
Haven't slept since hearing 'bout 'em at age eight
How about a doodle sack?
Yup! Bagpipes, how about that!
Stay tuned for more, there's no sign they'll abate...

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Sword flashing fire flows
leap lurch land on pipe led toes
Down hill slicing foes






The title comes from Scotland's flower
The picture is a young wild clansman
with a shiny wet sword
led by bagpipes like a wind blown thistle seed...

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Westie

Deep
Brown eyes
Scottish born,
Ears up listens
To the pensive sound of bagpipes wailing
And feels the Celtic wind tell of legends -
Dreams of heather -
Highland hills -
Westie
Lore


11-6-20
Double Tetractys 5
Picture #1
Sponsor: 
Eve Roper...

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He walked through the sands at Ayres,
playing a slow grinding song
of regret and broken dreams.

The moaning groan of the bagpipes
spewed bitterness and pride
in a twisted tune.

His footsteps trailed the sands behind
a steady line of sorrow
and loneliness for kin....

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Brambles surround Scotty's bagpipes
  Briars sharp, of severest types
    He thought that he could
    Play tunes in a wood
  Instead of music ~ out came gripes



      A tip of the hat to Jeff Kyser,
      whose poem 'Penny Whistle'
      inspired this Limerick. :) gw...

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Always used to confuse
Pedestrians with presbyterians
Understandable I suppose
Given my limited vocabulary
Watch out  presbyterian crossing 
ahead
Certainly some caution justified
Wouldnt want to run one over
There'd be bagpipes at the funeral
And one less at the Hogmanay...

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The clocks - tick, hum, blink
knowing they count only coup
on time's passing

No bagpipes mourn
time's endless deaths
her moments laid to rest

Yet time as stoic
mourns them all
as sunrise moves to set

Time is - and was - and so must be
a shadow of its self

John G. Lawless
5/19/2020...

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A sea of Blue line the city streets
A motorcade escorts him through
Bagpipes and drums ready to be heard
As white gloves line the hats brim
All in sync a salute to NYPD Blue 
A saddened day that should not have come
A young man taken from
Prayers and tears look beyond 
In a sea of true, feel the Blue...

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Today there won’t be a parade;
Concessions that Covid has made.
With no bagpipes or fifes
It’s befitting, since life’s
At a standstill from which we’ve not swayed.

Still, I’m wearing a bit o’ the green
Though, of course, if I had to come clean,
Being Irish I’m not
But I’ve never forgot
On St. Pat’s to become a colleen....

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What is the point of grandma’s lullaby
if the child nestled in her arms
cannot be soothed?

Or the wail of the bagpipes,
lost as easily as the soldier’s body,
bloody and bruised.

See the shrike
and her cries in the wind,
left unheard and reproved.

By this, music is forgotten,
and seen as a mere
needle in a groove.

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Lord, let
Me tidy up
A few things
With me clever
Scottish Bagpipes
Well, I know
The battlefield
Shall claim
Her brave soldiers, but
Danny deserves
A proper resting place, now
Show him
The road
To heaven's gate
All I'm asking, dear Lord
Is to please
Bring our
Danny boy
Back home,
To sweet Ireland
Just a heart beat away...

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Poisonous laburnum hang downwards,
These dusty streets,
Hot as herbs and spices,
Touching deep buttery Panjshir Valley,
The Great Highland Bagpipes.

Sweaty, I will tell you,
About hegira-state,
Our rugged landscape,
Our legendary generosity,
The children of Afghan.

Dad, Valley of the Five Lions?
The legend of five spiritual guardians?...

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Scots they be a hardy bunch in any weather
Ceilidhs yae dance to bagpipes and drums
Oats might be simple, but they are our fuel
Tourists are strangers but are true friends
Laughter like fine medicine, so a wee dram
A wee walk oot in fields of Heather yae go
Nothing will beat open doors and fresh air
Did yae get a wee chill, or find life in the hill...

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