Sheena Blackhall Poems

I am Ilona. I am 9 years old
My neighbours harvest weeds and grass to boil
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Mr. Pavlova’s Comb-Over

1.The Whirlwin
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1.Travel Chest
The bird on her maiden flight
Took a little light reading with her
Daphne Du Maurier’s The Birds
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1.Ahrweiler Cemetery
The leitmotif of my childhood's
Peeling stucco. The adults
I knew are as stuffed parrots now
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As King Robert the Bruce lay dying in 1329 he asked Sir James Douglas to take his heart on crusade against the enemies of Christ. Douglas carried Bruce’s heart into battle against the Moors in Spain before it was returned to Scotland and finally
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If he wooed, he won the willing lady
When he wrote, rich rhythms he outlayed
If he drank, the deepest draught he swallowed
When he ploughed, the plovers piped and played
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1. We’ll Meet Where there’s no more sorrow

We’ll meet where there’s no more sorrow
My child, where all dreams start
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The pugilist is thick as a stick
Of fairground rock

Too many times he's been knocked
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Auld Wife Fae Carnoustie
There wis an auld wife fae Carnoustie
Her drawers war bumshayvelt an fooshtie
The dottled auld feel, bocht a pair made o steel
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The Taj Mahal's love tale is eternal
Built by a prince to mark lost bridal joys
White marble sculpted in a vast farewell
Fashioned with all the grandeur wealth employs
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