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Open Poetry #50

The Lonely Troubador

Gunslinger
Senior Member

since 1999-10-09

Posts 901
TX, USA

0 posted 2019-08-19 09:12 PM

A vision. Aye! a vision-
Of how things ought to be,
Alas, I lack the power,
To make them so. You see?
Who am I? do ye question?
Hoot, mon! an' dinna ye ken..
I am the ghost o' Christmas past
An' a' that's ever been.
Ah, at the pass o' Glencoe-
Where Scottish bluid ran red...
Ah, Charlie wi' his folly
It's long ago been said..
I've worn the somber tartan
Of yon Black Watch, y'see?
When bagpipes are a shrillin'
In the front rank ye'll find me.
With musketoon, or claymore-
Or H&K assault,
The Scotsmen rise to danger
Their courage not at fault..
An' me, it is a bard I am-
Last of a lonely breed-
Who tell the tales, and sing the songs
The world will never heed.
Puir Rabbie, an' his haggis
Puir Tam an' his last dram-
Puir me, wi' all me tales to tell
They make me what I am.
Ye'll never hurt my feelin's
If you dinna call fer more-
I bear the blood of Highlanders
A lonely troubador

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

1 posted 2019-08-21 02:37 AM

Intriguing indeed.

Inspired-8
Member

since 2008-04-14

Posts 311
Pluto

2 posted 2019-09-09 03:12 AM

Amazing......

Inspired-8

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