The Spirits of Culloden
...The Spirits of Culloden.
This is like a pilgrimage, a try tae come every year,
Gather at the cairn, meet old friends, wipe away a tear.
Standin on that moor, that once with blood was sodden,
Pay...
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Categories:
targe, anniversary, death, dedication, memorial
Form: Rhyme
Sign of the Times
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Sign of the timeS
Independent and antI
Gassing and killinG
Nine out of teN
Out to undO
Friendly relieF...
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Categories:
targe, hate, war,
Form: Acrostic
War Archaic
...On scribbled parchment, sanguine letters writ in blood
Of hidden tales, broken pages smeared with mud
An unknown soldier, his blood he lie
With glint of sword, his death is nigh
A scar on the bod...
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Categories:
targe, death, history, peace, sad,
Form: Epic