Don MacIver
Don MacIver Poems
Early glimmers of morning’s dew
In resplendent nestle fading
Yield to sun’s gentle emergence
Diffused in languorous release
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Alone in the twilight of summer's day
Dusk would cast pallor on forested glen
Cedar crest mellow on whispering winds
In sighs of filigree aspirations
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A simple love poem…
Our fly away dreams upon distant stars
Touch the heavens in darkness ever so
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Though lost to the heavens, candlelight burns
Now and evermore in your memory
In darkness of the night I hear your voice
Gentle with the grace your words still carry
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The decline of days would be my treasure
As daylight yields to a moonlit shimmer
Dusk looming in silhouette conveyance
Clouds drifting by in cotton abeyance
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Remember summer's sunset amble
Skin moist upon a Chesterman wind
Cooling mist of anticipation
Would caress night's air in languid brume
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Traces of musk lay upon the night air
Sinewy smoke twisting from chimney stacks
Horse drawn carriage ambles on cobblestone
Glistening from late afternoon shower
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An amber sunset clings to sea's horizon
Hues of molten lava bathed in coral pastel
Tall masts piercing stillness of unburdoned sky
Gulls in nightful bantor navigate shorelines
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Tonight we shared moments as sweet as can be
The candles burned long, we made love tenderly
A cooling wind passes the window sill now
The curtains stirred ever so slightly again
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Don MacIver Biography
A published writer of poetry, prose and topical articles, I reside in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The beauty of our natural surroundings, the mountains, forests, sea, lakes, and rivers inspires so much of what I write. My original published poetic works can be found on my website at: Don MacIver, Poetry Moments https: //donmaciverpoetry.ca Currently Listed: 'Top 25 Poetry Websites/Blogs in Canada,2023' by FeedSpot.com I write poetry, prose, and lyrical verse to touch the hearts and souls of my readers and celebrate the traditional poets and their styles of years gone by to contemporaries of the current day.)
The Best Poem Of Don MacIver
Hamlet Upon Loch Fyne
Hamlet Upon Loch Fyne
For you dad...
It is here that I write of the saltwater Loch Fyne by the west coast of Argyll and Bute. The photo image presented here is of this heavenly oceanic inlet carving its meandering path into the panoramic majesty of Scotland's shores.
I have written this piece with the interjection of Scottish Gaelic blend and hope it translates in an acceptable fashion to those of direct Scottish birthright. I am of Scottish blood, several generations removed, thus relying upon the translation reference I have footnoted below.
**I would highly recommend reading through the poem as written without any effort at translation or otherwise confounded interpretation wouldst cast you in angered frustration away from this page. Read this poem in gently and fluid, harmonic rhythm for simply what it is and then, and only then, if curiosity is the better of you, should you endeavor to seek translation as offered in footnote.
I am, and always shall be, of the lineage of Scotland...where the Heather and Primrose sway to a gentle wind.
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In darkness of salten waters be stilled
The clouds o'er Loch Fyne hung low upon hills
Night falls gentle, Heaven by the ocean
Fishermen's boat beneath moon drops anchor
The village at sleep, silent the sheep graze
A shallow wind drifts by our window sill
Morning's fog creeps upon island's meadow
In field surrounds lay thistle and snowdrop
House on the glen Castle Inverary
Majestic in caricature and lore
Wherest Gaelic Scots in fine lordly fashion
Spake proudly the moors and bonnie mountain
The Scotsman praise long of the fair Loch Fyne
As steeped in history, gentleman's word
The beauty of eerie black water remains
Great mystic legend of centuries told
Midst nearby wood ruins of battle cries
Castles MacEwan and Lachlan attest
Drawn swords and gunnery of fishermen
Whose drift and trawl nets combed divided seas
In the air cast chilly a salten mist
The earth and garden Heather and Primrose
Green moor and mountain wondrous backrop scene
To waters of glass in silent refrain
Copyright Don MacIver 2010; All Rights Reserved
...may long the ink flow, tender quill speak
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English Translation:
In darkness of salten waters be stilled
The clouds o'er Loch Fyne hung low upon hills
Night falls gentle, Heaven by the ocean
Fishermen's boat beneath moon drops anchor
The village at sleep, silent the sheep graze
A shallow wind drifts by our window sill
Morning's fog creeps upon island's meadow
In field surrounds lay thistle and snowdrop
House on the glen Castle Inverary
Majestic in caricature and lore
Wherest Gaelic Scots in fine lordly fashion
Spake proudly the moors and bonnie mountain
The Scotsman praise long of the fair Loch Fyne
As steeped in history, gentleman's word
The beauty of eerie black water remains
Great mystic legend of centuries told
Midst nearby wood ruins of battle cries
Castles MacEwan and Lachlan attest
Drawn swords and gunnery of fishermen
Whose drift and trawl nets combed divided seas
In the air cast chilly a salten mist
The earth and garden Heather and Primrose
Green moor and mountain wondrous backrop scene
To waters of glass in silent refrain
Copyright Don MacIver 2010; All Rights Reserved
...may long the ink flow, tender quill speak
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**footnotes: Scottish Gaelic translation extrapolated from ats-group.net
acair: anchor
achadh: field
adhar: heaven
Albannach: Scotsman
ban: fair
bata: boat
cadal: sleep
caisteel: castle
caoraich: sheep
clachan: village
cnoc: hills
cuan: ocean
dubh: black
eilean: island
fada: long
fuar: chilly
fiodh: wood(s)
garadh: garden
gloine: glass
gealach: moon
gaoth: wind
iasgair: fisherman
innis: meadow
madainn: morning
maise: beauty
mor: great
neul: cloud
nigh: upon
oidhche: night
salann: salt
taigh: house
uaine: green
uisge: water
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