Sheena Blackhall Poems

Every two-bit shyster wanting to take pot-shots at my city
Quotes this headline:
Titanic Sinks. Aberdeen Man is Drowned
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1. LAMENT FOR THE RAJ

Mither's Uncle Dougie, an faither's Cousin John ¬
Ane vrocht in Kuala Lumpar -the tither in Ceylon;
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1.Hame- Drauchtit

There's waur-aff fowk;
I've a hoose, an a rikkin lum,
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I am Ilona. I am 9 years old
My neighbours harvest weeds and grass to boil
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Mr. Pavlova’s Comb-Over

1.The Whirlwin
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1.Travel Chest
The bird on her maiden flight
Took a little light reading with her
Daphne Du Maurier’s The Birds
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1.Ahrweiler Cemetery
The leitmotif of my childhood's
Peeling stucco. The adults
I knew are as stuffed parrots now
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1. The Gory Bells (Gorbals)
Folk shunned the lepers, at their coming, fled,
Hearing the ringing of the gory bells
When those poor creatures walked like the undead
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⅔ + ⅝ = The Eiffel Tower
20% + 1,999 = A line of Washing
66% x 975 = Mohammed Ali’s boxer shorts
36+703-3 = Orange peel
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John Logie Baird 1888-1946

Checking out the weather, the traffic or the news,
We switch on the TV for fun and current views
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