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Canadian poet, Don MacIver, inspirational poetry, Inverness, lochness, Moray Firth, North Sea, Poem, poetry, River Ness, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Highlands
Inverness, Scotland; castle in ruins
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High above the shimmering waters of Moray Firth the Scottish Highlands of Inverness sprawl cantilever with spires of castles old and in ruin. Once home to a Scottish maven son, a stately mansion sits high upon the hill, its sights upon the distant North Sea where tales from the Scottish Gaelic lore rest in the mystic dark waters to depths far below.
Blue water’s shimmer in brilliance
Nary a shadow cast high noon
Castles of old upon highlands
Pinnacle stanchions crumbling
To soft meadow grass in remnant
Spalling chips of mortar and stone
Haunting notes bagpiper’s lament
In the mourn of passing’s linger
By the Firth white water lilies
Dance nigh a tangle of hogweed
Bristly Haircap waffle leeward
Dainty bluebell and primrose lean
As northerly gusts feather light
Drift o’er dune pasture machair
A meander to Inbhir Nis
Luring mouth of the River Ness
Beyond castle’s stately nestle
My gaze past moorlands to Loch Ness
The lore of the monster steadfast
Lo a sighting evades witness
I close mine eyes to mystery
Fragrant scents of ling and fescue
Promise of meadow melody
In the chant of highland’s waiting
© Don MacIver 2012; All Rights Reserved
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