A Fou Bet
...We met in yonder tavern
hay up top o' meikle hill
bousing nappy til a' fou
the nite drave on wi' rairing voices
an the nappy growing better
a souter gars a bet wi' lades o' siller
the deil lau...
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Categories:
stane, drink, giggle,
Form: Verse
Notes On Islands
...Long travelled
am I,
amongst words
that have sailed
in and out of months
beyond the horizon
of years and age.
Set down
and scrolled out
in lexical identity
on parchment stane
quarried and carried
in...
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Categories:
stane, time,
Form: Imagism
John Albert Baines
...John Albert Baines R I P
Beneath this sod the mortal remains
A man of this parish, John Albert Baines
A single young man, a butcher by trade
Paid a high price for the error he made
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Categories:
stane, funny
Form: Epitaph
Thug Love
...For the love in me, for the the freak in you,
For all the naught things we like to do, I
have no shame, exploring your body is my
favorite game, You are the fire to my flame,
Are love fl...
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Categories:
stane, caregiving, devotion, faith, happiness,
Form: Romanticism