Scottish Poems - Poems about Scottish

His work is known around the Earth This ploughman lad of lowly birth He wooed and won the lassies braw His Jean the fairest of them aw He honoured such as mice and men And friendship flowed beneath his pen Of parity and justice wrote A line that I take leave to quote “That man to man the world o’er shall brothers be...” can’t...

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My uncle wears a dress I heard my uncle talking About his favourite dress, And how he needs a new one As its old and in a mess. He says it`s frayed and tattered And the pleats are wearing flat, So he will need to get a new one That goes right with his hat. He also wears a frilly blouse With ruffles on...

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Who actually is like us The modern world you see today Right before your eyes, Who done this and who done that Well you’re in for a wee surprise. From the Bank of England to the Bank of France Then we invented the BBC, How the hell did we manage that For a country that`s so wee. We gave them the US navy And the...

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Haggis I was walking up Benarty hill When a Haggis crossed my path, It jumped into a puddle As it took it`s morning bath. It splished and splashed in the puddle And then it dooked it`s heed, And here`s me standing thinking That Haggis were long since deed. It jumped right oot the puddle And shook it`s coat bone dry, I moved to get...

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SAMHUINN Wi samhuin fast approaching When people start tae dread, The gates of hell burst open For the festival of the dead. Bane shanks lifts his scythe And scrieves his words in fire, Welcome tae this earthly plane Or be cast upon the pyre. Brounies and banshees come tae life Awakened from thir fankle, Bogles bursting fae thir tombs And the reaper dons his mantle. There is nae...

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Scottish dog sits on his Celtic mama’s lap Barking, growling, and lunging at every sap Who dares to try to court his mama, Miss LaBlap. You’ll never get married, says her Grandpa Rap. That may be says his granddaughter, who likes to clap. But I need my doggie, he keeps suiters from annoying me during my nap. You are the only...

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There was an instant silence A blanket of shush floated over the court Scottish cats are here! This whisper surrounded us I looked toward the door A jaunty cat with attitude sauntered through it Before he was announced As if he owned Spain, England and Scottland He gave me a nod as he approached the king The king looked displeased I wondered what it was...

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Near to a castle in the Scottish countryside, next to a deep lake ...

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When I return to this earth to graze After this latest life, in a new phase Please let me be a Scottish Highland Bull Grazing all over the greenery, getting full. People will pet me and say I am cute. I can eat my fill and walk around and toot. I will not have to pay taxes, insurance or a bill. I...

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A bonnie wee place, Drummore. Just aff the Galloway Shore. A stoat and a fish. Their signature dish. A bonnie wee place Drummore....

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The Watergaw by Hugh MacDiarmid loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch One wet forenight in the sheep-shearing season I saw the uncanniest thing— a watergaw with its wavering light shining beyond the wild downpour of rain ... and I thought of the last wild look that you gave when you knew you were destined for the grave. There was no light in the skylark's...

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Ballad by William Soutar translation/modernization by Michael R. Burch O, surely you have seen my love Down where the waters wind: He walks like one who fears no man And yet his eyes are kind! O, surely you have seen my love At the turning of the tide: For then he gathers in his nets Down by the waterside! Yes, lassie we have seen your love At...

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The Woman is A Danish And married to A Scottish But often heard in English: Language she speaks with relish… But the Rather Stand-Offish: At times slippery like Fish Or like things one wouldn’t wish, For example Leaf-Filled Dish To be served Vegetarian Or Flesh to a Barbarian… A Thief-Catching Librarian And Confirmed True Lutheran!...

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If there is anything prettier than Scottish sea glass I have yet to see it; It reminds me of the beauty of the ocean, It has a gorgeousness that shows up most other things I choose my pieces carefully and build a mobile, knowing the recipient will be uplifted by her wonderfulness....

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Douglas Moffatt went to Dumfries To try to find some work Though he didn't have a job He had never been known to shirk There he saw Mary Port A very pretty girl Whose lovely smile delighted him And set his mind all in a whirl They stepped out together hand in hand Mary Port and he Then one day with a smile and a...

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