Foxy Tale
...Hey fox cub whaur will ye play the day?
The forest floor is covered in bronze an gold
leaf hiding youngsters like you from harm
.Dinae wander far frae yer den .siblings and mother,
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Categories:
whaur, analogy, animal, cute, storm,
Form: Pastoral
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:
whaur, allegory, culture, desire, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Caledonia
...Caledonia her laund is oor laund,
Caledonia her laund is ma laund
A laund wherr ithers ur walcome,
As we haud oot oor hand
In friendship an tak ye aw in,
As brithers fur aw that.
Caledonia we...
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Categories:
whaur, conflict, courage, feelings, grief,
Form: Ballad
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:
whaur, boat, confusion, girlfriend, lost
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Leg Kicks
...I need a fix or ahm gonnae die
eyes drift open
and
already its
there that
horrible sick feel
crawling its way
up to my throat
the restlessness kicking
out from my knee
letting me know,
as ...
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Categories:
whaur, addiction, anxiety, christian, drug,
Form: Rhyme
A Top a Highland Hill
...A Top A Highland Hill
A top a windswept highland hill above Locheil land
Clansmen gathered roun and shook the princes haun
They raised the standard high cheered till they were hoarse
Followed t...
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Categories:
whaur, allegory, cry,
Form: Ballad