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I am a beast
I bear a burden
I have grown old
Locked in your garden

You are like a child
You don’t fear pain
You dance with joy
You wear no chains

He’s like a fool
He knows not care
His life is clean
His life is fair

I am an ox
I wear a yoke
I plough the field
In which I’m stuck

She’s a concrete flower
She’s a vain dilettante
She loves her pleasures
She loves her fancy

I am a beast
Locked in your garden
I feel your pain
I feel your burden

Ciao Ronnie,

I admire poems about beasts. Good one here.


Vesuvius

Thanks Man

Hi Ronnie~

Excellent poem!

Do you like Robbie Burns? (Scotland's most famous poet, for those who may not know)

My father came from Ayrshire; where are you "roamin' in the gloamin'"?

"There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier, who wandered far away,and soldiered far away....." (Love that song).

~Makera

Hello Makera

I like Robert Burns very much, I live in a small village about 20 miles away from where he came from, In particular I like his poems "Corn Rigs" and "The Raptures of Folly" in the film The Wicker Man a folk singer named Paul Giovanni performs a version of "Corn Rigs". The words to Corn Rigs can be found easiliy on the web

Speaking of The Wicker Man I would recommend this film to any lover of poetry, It contains poems by Robert Burns, Walt Whitman, Anthony Schaeffer, and Paul Giovanni used in context in trhe film

regards

Ronnie

wow very nice poem!