Sheena Blackhall Poems

1.Carousel

A birlin meal is ordnar in Beijing
The carousel is stapped wi bowls o rice
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1.The Boddamers' Monkey (Traditional)

Eence a ship sailed roon the coast, an aa the men in her wis lost
Barrin a monkey up a post sae the Boddamers hanged the monkey oh
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1. The Travellers

'I'll have a limousine, ' said Sean.
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1.Wild Mentors

When a bird is hurt
It cries in half - notes
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The hare ran fast through Blueberry Wood
Quick as a river flowing
The sun was warm and the land was good
Now was the time for growing
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Do not speak too soon, or too often
Hum a little....Mmmmm....de.dum dum dum
Pour yourself into a nearby space
Like water into a jug
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'I was a high wire artist with a circus
I kicked my legs in the air, hung over Death
My aunt's a thirteenth cousin to Camilla'
The girl announced. 'I'm terribly well bred.'
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Like a dog that’s lost the scent
On a night of snow and dark
I sat outside the door of what’s Not Home Now
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The High Rise block in Anytown
Sucks up folk like a straw

It stands in the dusk
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1. A Potion to Perk up your Cat

Two co-ordinates of brimstone
A pinch of bum fluff
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