Short Scottish Poems

Short Scottish Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Scottish by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Scottish by length and keyword.


Scottish Daughters Answer Part 2

Question:do you know what time it is
Correct Answer:The time is....
Scottish Daughters Answer:Wrang ing time to wake me up


Premium Member Following the Sun

Scottish
colourists
so bright & bold-
escaping from the grey
and cold


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Colourists
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium Member Clerhew PIC 8

William Soutar came from Perth
a cinquainist & poet of mirth
Since the 'net ' came on line
his Scottish verse has done just fine
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew -Soutar

Scottish poet Wiliam Soutar
is now well known wide and far,
for a his diary of a dying man-
Do read his whigmaleeries, if you can
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Celtic Cravings

Scottish Arbroath smokies
Slow cooked Irish stew
Cornish pastie in gravy
A Welsh rarebit
Cerphilly cheese scones
Drambuie
Aye!
Form: Epulaeryu


Premium Member Let Them Eat Cake

An Irish marmelade loaf
A Scottish parkin
Kentish nut & pear layer
Staffordshire oatcake
Brummie bacon cakes-
A teatime 
Snack !
Form: Epulaeryu

A Scottish Location

A bonnie wee place, Drummore.
Just aff the Galloway Shore. 
A stoat and a fish.
Their signature dish. 
A bonnie wee place Drummore.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Weavers

weaver’s spindle fulls the cloth teasel
Note: Scottish thistles were once used by weavers as spindles.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Prophetess of Scottish Highland

A welcome prophetess of Scottish Highland
Get the sacred flower to become
The next Queen of faerie Island.
Killing it softly and then some.

Premium Member Clerihew Ramsay

Scottish poet Allan Ramsay
a bookseller by trade in his day
He established the first circulating library
penning poems therein to have his say
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Frog Fur

Why do I like you?   I dunno. 
Maybe it's the way your bloomers show. 
In your Scottish dancing clogs yer
smoother than a seal or frog's fur.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Generalizing People Is Ridiculous

all whites
democrats
Irish or Scottish
Not ALL, philosophers think.
All Japanese, all Chinese, all Indians…
Generalizing any group is ridiculous!

Premium Member Our Exercise Routine

my friends and I do not play pickle ball
we meet at a buffet in Scottish hall
the only exercise we will get today
is walking back and forth to their buffet
Form: Rhyme

A Blessing In a Sea Storm

It’s so sexy a seducing sea storm.
A little campfire to keep us warm,
In a sleeping bag with plenty of thrills,
Shared body heat in the cold Scottish hills.
Form: Couplet

Sass

There is a young girl known as Sass
Who is a bonny wee lass
No Scottish blood though 
She is Welsh that we know
That bonny wee lassy known as Sassy
© 30/12/2012
Form: Limerick

Qualified To Fail

Lost in thought between the Scottish mountain
where the cloud impregnates the mist
and sun rests weary hand
and would a Glaswegian superhero
be called Quality Man

Premium Member Can We Assign Regional Gauges For Flattery

Assign region flattery gauges?
Silly but let’s try anyway.
The Scottish slather it on.
The Germans withhold it.
It’s Irish blarney.
Overindulge
Compliment
Praise
Form: Nonet

The Irish Setter

He’s Irish not Scottish or British 
You forget, he’ll get ornery and skittish
He’ll point to his pelt 
Start swearing in Celt
With a splash of some Gaelic and Yiddish
Form: Limerick

Scottish Dreams

SCOTTISH   DREAMS




The faint strain of the pipes in dreams
Sailing o’er the Solway’s foam
And the laughter in her tripping streams
From the Campsie Fells draw me home.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born on Scottish soil
Both writer and physician, he delivered us Sherlock Holmes.
A spiritualist too, he believed in fairies; possibly in gnomes!
Form: Clerihew

The Scottish Flag

The Scottish flag is a Rampant rare;
It flutters majestically in the air.
It's the emblem of my land sae fair.....bonnie Scotland.

24/07/2015 Scotland - Robert Davidson
Form: Verse

Scottish Scenery

The Scottish Highlands;
     purple painted  landscape and
     snow dusted mountains.

     Majestic eagle;
     soars high over mountain top 
     calling to his mate.
Form: Haiku

Scottish Daughters Answer Part 1

Question:What is an app?
Correct Answer:an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device.
Scottish Daughters Answer.Whits an app Maww you need to get a grip

Premium Member Scottish countryside

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

Tartan Time

In bonnie Scotland wear a kilt
(it seems the thing to do) -
the tartan comes in reds and greens,
and mine's a shade of blue!

written 13th March for Julia's Scottish kilt contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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