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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…

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…

The Vampire Bride - by Henry Thomas Liddell

{ Poem }

“I am come—I am come! once again from the tomb,
In return for the ring which you gave;
That I am thine, and that thou art mine,
This nuptial pledge receive.”

The Road to Roberton - by Will H. Ogilvie

{ Poem }

The hill road to Roberton: Ale Water at our feet,
/ And grey hills and blue hills that melt away and meet,
/ With…

For Bet Gaitherin Strawberries - by Alastair Mackie

{ Poem }

The rain was sliverin on the windae pane
/ when you gaed oot tae pick strawberries,
/ reid pockit moons, for the denner…

Muckle Mou’d Meg - by James Ballantine

{ Poem }

‘Oh, what hae ye brought us hame now, my brave lord,
/ Strappit flaught owre his braid saddle-bow?
/ Some…

from Wanted A Husband - by Marion Bernstein

{ Poem }

Wanted a husband who doesn’t suppose,
/ That all earthly employments one feminine knows, –
/ That she’ll scrub, do the cleaning,…

The Owl and the Pussy-cat - by Edward Lear

{ Poem }

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
/ In a beautiful pea-green boat,
/ They took some honey, and plenty…

touching your face - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

with that
/ silence
/
/ it creates
/ allowing
/
/ and
/ trusting
/
/ the allowed;
/ all that’s
/
/ been said
/ and is saying
/
/ this time
/ breath
/
/ held
/ between us
/
/ each time
/ familiar
/
/ each time
/ new…

Sloes - by Vicki Feaver

{ Poem }

He was in Paris for the weekend:
/ on his own – she was mad
/ to think otherwise.
/
/ She took the children
/ on an expedition…

Carpe Diem - by Stewart Conn

{ Poem }

From my study window
/ I see you
/ below in the garden, a hand
/ …

June the Second - by Tom Leonard

{ Poem }

it is dawn and my wife is coming to bed
/ and she has been watching a film about the life of…

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