Short Edinburgh Poems

Castle
Soaring above
city streets old and new
Magnificent  monumental
Stronghold
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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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The Flying Scotsman went from London to Edinburgh, keen, 
And to remind us of security and nature it was painted green, 
I knew, had dinner with one of its drivers
Who said it was one of his best endeavours, 
‘Cos he always knew where he was going and where he’d been....

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Patrick lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, 
Plays boccia and has Cerebral Palsy,
Which very slowly turned his hand,
Until he started to win intelligently. 

The Scottish Championships gave, 
An arena for him to prove and shine, 
Such that he took the silver stave, 
At the 2014 Worlds in China land fine....

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BRIEF  ROMANCE


Fell for a Scottish girl long ago.  Pretty as a picture,  but
Heart  as cold as an empty Edinburgh street  on a wet
January Monday morning, when the chiseled 
Craigleith sandstone blackened by smoke 
Repels  the rain from the Forth,
And the steep roofs pour 
Water into the runnels
Down the cobbled 
Streets....

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Goodbye, Prince Philip, husband of the Queen, age ninety-nine.
Thank you, for giving up prince hood from Greek and Danish lines.
Thank you, Royal Navyman, for setting prisoners free;
thanks for wildlife protection and awards as D of E.

January 13, 2022

Contest   A Celebrity Epitaph
Sponsor	Michelle Faulkner

He was a patient Prince Philip....

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A Sea Shanty!

Mother call your children home, 
put them in their beds. 
Tell them stories of better times, 
and try to fill their heads. 
Give them dreams of yesterday, 
and promises for tomorrow, 
but bless them, Lord, as they sleep, 
and take away their sorrow. 

Jeff the crewman, singing at the wheel of the Maid...
heading for the Island of Edinburgh, home of Zirconia...

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Tonight I walked across
the abandoned silent city.
A fading moon was pushing
fast moving clouds over dark roofs,
over Edinburgh Castle,
the dark castle,
with gleaming eyes 
to penetrate the shadows.
I hear myself walking,
echoes from silent walls
and cobbled pavement.
But you were with me in my thoughts,
a graceful light and entering the darkness.
I saw your smile through hidden moonlight.
The clouds gave me your kisses.
Tonight you were so close
and I felt not alone....

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