The Old man
...Part Two : The Tale of Artuir mac Aedan; The light of the West
(A tale of the hero of legend, a hero of Dalriada, who tried to unite a nation.)
The Old Man.
Was he a fool steeped in pagan lore,
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Categories:
strath, age, character, confusion, fairy,
Form: Rhyme
Sunset On the Spey
...Watching the ripples of the clear water of the Spey
Setting sun lighting field and trees of the strath
Salmon jumping clear to catch a fly
A sob as water runs from my eye.
Doon tae the firth o ...
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Categories:
strath, angst, change, cry, farewell,
Form: Free verse
A Tale of Hope
...It was a still quiet night ,children were a bed
Lost in dreamland amid clouds and unicorns
The elders sat around the dying embers
Drinking and laughing about the days events.
They too were soon ...
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Categories:
strath, conflict, dark, fantasy,
Form: Blank verse
King of the Glen
...King of the Glen
Back then when I was a swain,
I pranced across the heath and strath.
Hither and thither on a whim I’d skimmer,
Through the bluebells, thistles, and grass.
Back then, ...
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Categories:
strath, age, culture, humor, perspective,
Form: Verse
Prehistoric Winter
...The cold would just as soon you didn't make it home
Till spring, when frozen bodies thaw,
Gaunt coyotes bless their stars and drag you off.
The only thing that's stirring in the crystal strath
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Categories:
strath, courage, death, endurance, nature,
Form: Free verse
Memories of Sweet Peaches
...Chuckled, the muse of delight
A Peach orchard had wandering paths
Lost in the myriad of thoughts on love
The Moon so full, on that eve
Led to where a few longings be
Whilst Jasmine cap...
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Categories:
strath, lust,
Form: Blank verse
Winter Fairies Poem Two
...Cold, cold, cold the morning; cold.
Coffee warms my hands.
Unraveling memories; seeming dull
Still night dreams, do unfold.
Whispering…
Low clouds covered the forest
Eyes that see not before ...
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Categories:
strath, fairy, family, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
My Home In the Glenn
...My Home in The Glenn
Passing the glen walking a curving path
Following the red bird, skipping on strath
Trees bend with the winds beaconing
Their invitations to come into the forest
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Categories:
strath, eve, green, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Reality Onto a Bright Sunshine
...Like the bright sun in the heavenly sky,
Thy presence enlights mine everyday path.
Eyes of angels and smile that makes shy
He who fall onto its trap like a strath.
I dare'd not look beyond thy dainty...
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Categories:
strath, love, people, romance, sun,
Form: Sonnet
Autumnland
...Ye ancient land O’ bonnie hue
A bonnie haze on lochs of black
Divide the colour, take me back
To wash my eyes with Fall, imbue
The highlands with a McCulloch hand
Take me back to Autumnland
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Categories:
strath, natureme, me,
Form: Rhyme