Protesting The Moment
...Protesting The Moment
Illuminating the night by the light of a bonfire
Captivating the insight before one’s mind begins to tire
Emigrating out of fright as one’s own government becomes a liar ...
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Categories:
unco, life,
Form: Rhyme
Rise Again
...Tak oor grund from beneath oor hurdies
Burn oor birches aside the lough,
Besmirch hard fecht fur freedom,
Dictating oor days tae come,
No from the pint o a gun,
Fae laws an promis...
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Categories:
unco, anger, conflict, freedom, heartbreak,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Humanity Uppn the Falling
...Humanity Upon the Falling
Catastrophic predictions for humanities future
Another universal wound that needs an international suture
A forced appropriation into sacred laws and culture
A non l...
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Categories:
unco, life,
Form: Rhyme
Humanity Uppn the Falling
...Humanity Upon the Falling
Catastrophic predictions for humanities future
Another universal wound that needs an international suture
A forced appropriation into sacred laws and culture
A non l...
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Categories:
unco, life,
Form: Rhyme
Auld Sangs
...Sing tae me the auld sangs that ah learnt when a bairn,
Sitting at ma mithers knee hearin the lilting tunes,
Carrying me far awa in ma mind
Wurds o the land whaur ah live
An love aw the deys o ...
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Categories:
unco, allegory, culture, desire, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Upon Your Shore
...Ma boatie sailed ower the mist covered sea,
I searched an sought for your hidden shore,
Shrouded in mist frae ma searching eye.
You left in a red mist o yer makin,
Stormin aff afore ah could stoa...
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Categories:
unco, boat, confusion, girlfriend, lost
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Thrill :: Margeda
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Who doesn't want to be happier?
View delight avert barrier.
Try to acquire more worldly things
Shy not with unco ways for wins.
Intention is to gain pleasure
Deception, it doesn't...
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Categories:
unco, happiness,
Form: Verse
Strength
...We stand tall united,
but fall short divided.
When two are put together,
it always gets better.
The bonds formed from deep within,
are too strong to be wrecked with.
Two is always better,
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Categories:
unco, spoken word, strength,
Form: Lyric
Sawney Bean, Legend of a Cannibal - Written In Broad Scots Dialect
...Thar was nae richt ae laddie sair
wha heft a cave 'side Galloway,
wi' nae jaiken he griftit dare
as he was nae tae lippen tae.
Ill-naitur'd fishwife he haud in wi',
the twa 'greed tae gang the'gith...
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Categories:
unco, history,
Form: Quatrain
The Night Shepherds
...There is a common remedy for those who wish to sleep
They recommend to close your eyes and count imagined sheep
Just lie down and think of them lined up in single file
And count them bouncing one...
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Categories:
unco, allegory, animals, fantasy, funny,
Form: Rhyme