Sheena Blackhall Poems

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321.
Scots Poems From Kye Gaun Hame

The Gecko
Inbye a Buddhist Temple by the Kwai
Wi fitewashed waas. A Budddha. Simple shrine
Cweel, shady, yalla flooers in a pot
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322.
Scots Poems From The Lobster

Auld King Brude
Auld King Brude he fand a bowl
An screivit there aroon its band
‘gie this bowl tae the ane ye lue
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323.
English Poems From The Lobster

Diagnosis II
The warning flag's been raised. Alert! Alert!
Diabetic changes behind the eyes have appeared
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324.
English Poems From The Mithers

At the Circus Menagerie,1960s, Aberdeen
Roll up, roll up to enjoy
The dank, rank smell of the menagerie
Outside the circus tent, the mobile safari
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325.
Scots Poems From The Mithers

Or Sae ma faither telt me
Up bi Aberarder,13 bonnet lairds
Drave Farquharson the chief gyte wi their fechtin
Sae he sent oot an invite tae a verra special feast
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326.
Scots Poems From The Abbot O Unreason

The Warlock's Tattiebogle
The warlock's tattiebogle
Has hoolet's een tae see
Howked frae the bird at midnicht
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327.
The Monstrous Regiment Of Women

mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts
women in dresses, others in pants
artists, grannies, ballerinas
duchesses, hairdressers, baristas
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328.
Joanna Lumley's Japan

Land of the midnight sun's pristine Japan
Hokkaido island shields the red crowned crane
Old ways remembered by an Ainu man
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329.
The Hypochondriac's Symptoms

abscesses, acne, Alzheimer's, anorexia
Aspergers autism arthritis, asthma
boils, B.O., brucellosis, b-polar
bronchitis, bunions bulimia
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330.
Petrarchan Sonnet Of The Fictional Detectives

Inspector Maigret leads the sleuthing pack
next Hercule Poirot, clever, debonair
third Cadfael in his Mediaeval lair
fourth Vera with her raincoat hanging slack
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