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At The Tartan Bonnet
At the Tartan Bonnet
next to the Smithy’s stall,
a picture labelled monster
is hanging on the wall.
The photograph is fuzzy,
looks like a bunch of tyres,
held to a piece of deadwood
by nails and string, or wires.
The locals say that tourists
are gullible, rich fools,
that no sign has been noted
by scientific tools.
The view over the water
is really rather good;
another compensation
is finest ale and food.
But of a Friday evening,
a face at the back door;
she sups her twenty gallons
and swims away once more.
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Comments
Vivovon
Thu, 2016-08-18 14:48
Lovely.
Lovely. It ignites a form of imagination.
xxxxx
Keith Logan
Mon, 2016-09-05 03:18
Well thank you sir
Such ignition is what I think poetry is all about, the connection between writer and reader (not that this is limited to poetry alone, good prose will do the same thing.
Keith Logan
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jane210660
Thu, 2016-08-18 22:10
Lol, I enjoyed this very much
Lol, I enjoyed this very much. Jx
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Keith Logan
Mon, 2016-09-05 03:19
Thank you
I can ask no more.
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judyanne
Sat, 2016-08-20 04:59
enjoyed
Lol - nothing more to say, except she will probably send the Tartan Bonnet broke with all she drinks - I can only presume she hasn't got a job to support her habit ?? (or if she has I'd love to know what)
Love judy
xxx
'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)
Keith Logan
Mon, 2016-09-05 03:22
What can I say?
A drouth is a drouth, (pronounced drooth here in Scotland).
Keith Logan
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Joan Rolls
Fri, 2016-09-09 16:59
I loved this one...made me
I loved this one...made me chuckle
Keith Logan
Sun, 2016-09-11 07:43
you chuckled
so did I as the idea of the poem crystallised
PS: I do wish the inbuilt spell checker would not keep flagging up my British English spelling.
Keith Logan
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