Sheena Blackhall Poems

Forestry, livestock, game bird, housing
Brown trout, frogs and playful otter
Salmon, voles and curlews wheeling
Lapwings, herons, gulls and dipper
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What was he doing the great god Pan?
He was mourning the death of Nature
Of icebergs shrinking, of woodlands burning
Of harm to each land and creature
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In Aberdeen in 1647,
The horrid Pest came knocking at the door
And one in four lay dead before it left
Black Death, the Plague, the revived Galor Mor
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A long time back I stared in the abyss,
A place of misery, the death of joy;
Where nothing grew but everlasting pain
A land where the sole aim was to destroy
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I
In the heart of the glen,
It stares out of the gloaming
A stag with 12 tines, a majestic Royal
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On a Second Wedding: Two friends discuss
Her first had faults in plenty
He had, but don't we all?
You could say she was picky
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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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