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The Years Gane By - by T. S. Law

{ Poem }

(Tune: The Cardin O’t)
/
/ I’m thinkin noo the years gane by
/ micht weel be thon furst year we met
/ whan tyme an tyde…

To My Love - by Lydia Robb

{ Poem }

Shall I compare you to an Autumn day?
The seasons, love, have grown more temperate.
Rough winds have shaken us along the way,
The summers gone too far to contemplate.

It’s been - by Gael Turnbull

{ Poem }

It’s been a long time
all the time we’ve spent
and we’ve had such times

Sonnet On My Wife’s Birthday - by George Bruce

{ Poem }

All the love I have will not take her years away:
/ All the knowledge given not grant her time release,
/ Yet one…

Last Chance Saloon - by Lyn Moir

{ Poem }

‘Set ‘em up, kid’ was your usual cry
/ as you sauntered through the door
/ with a look in your eye and…

The Greater Sea - by Rab Wilson

{ Poem }

Oor boat is rigged tae face the greater sea,
/ The day daws blithely whan we must set sail.
/ Hou aften hae we…

Well-worn - by Elma Mitchell

{ Poem }

I have worn everything you gave me –
/ The ring, of course, and that absurd string of beads
/ Reaching to…

Autumn Compensations - by Helen Cruickshank

{ Poem }

Books in cosy littered room ,
Feet in slippered ease,
Silver candles in the gloom,
Stars in naked trees

Watching Telly With You - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

We could go to Paris of course
/ but not so often. And it might not be quite
/ as cosy as…

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