Sheena Blackhall Poems

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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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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Diagnosis II
The warning flag's been raised. Alert! Alert!
Diabetic changes behind the eyes have appeared
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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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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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The Warlock's Tattiebogle
The warlock's tattiebogle
Has hoolet's een tae see
Howked frae the bird at midnicht
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mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts
women in dresses, others in pants
artists, grannies, ballerinas
duchesses, hairdressers, baristas
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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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abscesses, acne, Alzheimer's, anorexia
Aspergers autism arthritis, asthma
boils, B.O., brucellosis, b-polar
bronchitis, bunions bulimia
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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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