Th’ Puir Man’s Poit

[Delta40]

Be still babblin’ thoughts
that steep thy skin.
Calm mah laboorioos road
ay autumn mist
ain mud-spattered trudgings.

Pray guid Sir, might ah tak refuge
at lodgings fit for thes sickly moose?
Should ah chance tae come thes way again,
thy breed will be yit another two days gain.

Perhaps a compote of mah verse
will add glaw tae a man’s pallid lips
ain famished soul?
Cry fur me nae, hen friends.
Toss C ock-a-leekie soup if ye main.

Mah words unbuckle th' belts of toil
wi’ hearty laughter.
Gently noo guid fowk.
Th’ scran scalds mah face
But I will forgife thee ignorance.

Thes humble moose hae bin patronised
mony a time by Kin’ and moggie.
A coin woods be weel felt noo.
Please, nae mair scran guid fowk.
Ah main be paid fur mah rest.

Silence dumb lugs! Ye roar
loch lions wi’ nae balls.
Ahm an earsair poet!
but fear nae - mah rhyme speaks sweeter
than ye guidwife’s soor bawlin’!

Ahm sorry tae offend ye, guid Sir.
Pay me afair ye usher thes moose
across ye threshauld ay comfort,
ay warm ale n’ broth.

Alas, misfortune be mah nam.
Tho weak frae mirth, ain laboor, ye teel me
tae find shelter not four miles to
th’ nearest bog where I might droon
under th’ weecht of mah own poems.

[MystyrMystyry]

This is brilliant!

It's exceptionally well handled and you display the sure control of a master, Delta - this must have taken you ages

I was lost among the the scene from beginning to last (and I even began to think your Perth was the original one

Even without the Scots dialect it reads as a great poem

(Beware of any critics who confuse a moose with a moose)

Och aye!

[hillwalker]

Rabbie Burns is either rolling in his grave with mirth or turmoil - I would guess the former.

I loved the opening verse - and the richness of the language spills over each line like a bubbling broth (****-a-leekie presumably).

Not sure about 'moggie' which is more of a Liverpudlian expression than a Scots. But a great read nonetheless.

H

[PrinceMyshkin]

I wish I had the competence or confidence of the previous two posters re the dialect but as much as I could make out I thoroughly enjoyed.

[Jerrybaldy]

How the hell do you do this? I particlularly liked your closing line ,, drowning under the weight of your own poems.

[Delta40]

Jerry - the same way make-up makes me look better than I really am!

Prince - thank you for your earnest endeavour!

Hill - I always get confused between latter and former so I'm guessing mirth

Mys - Thanks for editing your comment from Wtf? to this! I was worried at first...