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Book Details............
Title: The Proverbial African
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Description:
The Proverbial African is another book of poems. The title poem is about where the human race came from and that we are all the same anyway. I think it is more important that we know where we are going. Poems are... WAN LAST PUFF This poem is about the guy who walks in to a bar and there are no ashtrays....why THE TARTAN AMANS This is a futuristic poem about a family of Scots Asians who all get to play for Scotland at football... THOMAS MUIR... THE LEEK... THAT OLD BLACK TIE... SOMEDAY... FAMILY.. By May Gilchrist THROUGH THIS LIFE... THE DEATH OF MOTHER EARTH... THE PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE... WHERE THE HEART IS.. May Gilchrist. WHEN THE MOON SHONE BROON... CHANGE... COME BACK MARY MACGREGOR... THE DREGS OF HIS OWN TEARS.. CLEAR HEID EVERY MORNING... GETTING RELATED.. FOR A' THE RIGHT REASONS The next poem is about my friend John Young's dog Barney. He passed away a few months ago and I wrote this one to cheer him up. Barney was thirteen when he died and during all that time I never ever heard him bark.... BARNEY COOL A WUS STANDIN' WAITIN' IN THE QUEUE, OOTSIDE HEAVENS LOVELY GATE, NEXT TO A WEE JACK RUSSELL NAMED SHUG, WHO WAS IN AN AWFY DISHEVELLED STATE. WHIT'S THE MATTER WI' YOU WEE MAN, A WHISPERED IN HIS LUG, AM FAE THE SOU' SIDE BIG MAN, THEY'LL NO' TAKE ME FUR A MUG.... There is another six verses to this poem... |
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