Scottish Poems - Poems about Scottish

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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,...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

Near to a castle in the Scottish countryside, ...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

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...Read the rest...

Spending a late autumn break in the Scottish Borders countryside though the climate then so cloudy didn't deter as I got on my stride Galashiels was our first base staying at aq lovely accommodation visited Sir Walter Scott's own home stood in...Read the rest...