Sheena Blackhall Poems

Plane crash, train smash
River swallow drown
Skull bash croc splash
Winding sheet gown
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Bee-nuzzled, scents arise from honeysuckle
And bands of beautiful forgetmenots
A shower of beech leaves, drop a waterfall
Midgies in clouds drift by in hazy dots
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The Keeper of the Heads
The voices from the heads had nought to say,
Wallace & Cromwell set high on a stalk
Like grisly flowers, their bodies cut away!
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Clootie Tree
Clootie tree, clootie tree, hingin wi wishes
Preened there bi fowk like a sea-fu o fishes
Gie me a cat wi a wee siller bell
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What is forgotten & what remains is an event at the Mueum of Immigration, Paris, running from May2019-August 2021

What passes down through the generations?
Tunes from a country's lost refrains?
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Leonard Simon Nimoy, ‘Mr Spock'
Was born in Massachusetts USA
To Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine
His father first walked over into Poland
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I like haggis, Lochnagar
Rumblethumps, the colour purple
I like to stir my words
With a Scottish spurtle
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Is it worth it?
I'm 74 years old. Is it worth planting a hydrangea?
Is it worth buying a new carpet?
A mattress costs £200 and lasts ten years
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The Spikk o the Nor East Leid
The Romans focht at Bennachie gainst Calcagus chief o a clan
His name hid reets in Celtic lore, a legendary brave swordsman
Eumenius in the third century, caad North East tribesmen the Picti
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What Unseen Sorrow lies in waiting?
What unseen sorrow lies in waiting?
A shadow stretches on the lawn
Have I regrets? Yes, far too many
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