Kilted Poem
"Would you be terribly bored if I compose a poem?"
Edmond Rostrand " Cyrano de Bergerac
From many different walks and many ages
We come to enjoy and contribute to these pages.
If in our other views we can’t find an accord
we will always refrain from the harsh or bitter word.
No matter who we vote for to rule our shores
or what goes on behind our closed doors
No matter what flags we raise
or when and what Gods we praise.
Away from all conflict and strife
We join here to celebrate the kilted life!
If elsewhere in building bridges we fail
Here, we let our better natures prevail.
Kindness serves to make amends
for us to disagree but remain friends
Where else to speak of pleats and belts?
Where else to talk of kilts and Celts?
Of sporrans, hose, and the sgian dubh?
Of glengarrys, kilt pins, and flashes too?
A cheer for the kilt pin and the sock knife
We join here to celebrate the kilted life!
If in our words on occasion we turn
for laughter ‘s sake to play the fool.
In our laughter we teach and learn
knowledge of the kilted school
Be our kilts traditional or contemporary,
be they made or bought.
We find them all exemplary
here at X Marks the Scot!
Let play the bagpipe, drum and fife
We join here to celebrate the kilted life!
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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