Reflections of Poetry
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Travel through a mirror image into the imaginative world of verse and discover this distinct collection of poetry.
Reflections of Poetry is the third book of poetry by author A. F. Stewart and contains a diverse selection of verse, structured under the headings of Scotland, My Scotland, Irish Ramblings, Celtic Influences, The Moon, The Sea, Art, Nature, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Wonder, Human Emotions, In the Shadow of Death, Humour, and Miscellaneous Musings. It is an assortment of personal thoughts on a wide variety of subjects that inspired the author and is an expression of her view of the world.
A. F. Stewart
A steadfast and proud sci-fi and fantasy geek, A. F. Stewart was born and raised in Nova Scotia, Canada and still calls it home. The youngest in a family of seven children, she always had an overly creative mind and an active imagination. She favours the dark and deadly when writing—her genres of choice being dark fantasy and horror—but she has been known to venture into the light on occasion. As an indie author she’s published novellas and story collections, with a few side trips into poetry and non-fiction.
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Reflections of Poetry - A. F. Stewart
Scotland, My Scotland
A selection of poems inspired by my Scottish heritage
Acrostic Poem: A Scottish Toast
Sing of old days
Loud and proud
All ears shall listen
In and among friends
Now we salute you
The refrains will ring
Eternally
Glass held high
Uisge beatha
Scotland my heart
Over fair hills
I laud your praises
Reminisce, my fellows
Remember days past
Among our history
I toast to you
Drink my friends
Health forever
Slàinte gu soírraidh: Health forever
uisge beatha: whiskey (water of life)
Love in the Highlands
The sunset o’er the Highland grass,
wildling heather and deep morass,
leads the soft step of my pure lass.
Onward to her sweet dear,
where he awaits in sailor brass
and my heart sheds a tear.
The Piper
The sweet song of the pipes will ring,
down the low road I am walking
my ending step and final spring.
Death hailed with a cold hand,
the closing touch its fate did bring.
Last farewell, my highland.
Homeland
The sunrise over Highland heath,
shines down on an amethyst hue
wind blows chill over the wild land,
where always roams the ram and ewe
Dreamer
She exhales... breath floating to the trees
upon a hill, within the shadow of the light,
where the purple heather greets the breeze.
Trailing the morning mist, all disquiet flees,
chased to the mountains by sunshine bright.
She exhales... breath floating to the trees.
Across the valley, regard the drone of bees
kissing sweet blooms in their maiden flight,
where the purple heather greets the breeze.
On her skin, scent salted from exotic seas,
wafting beyond the feathery vapours white.
She exhales... breath floating to the trees.
From pipes unseen, a merry tune to please
the airy spirits of the fairy folk amid delight,
where the purple heather greets the breeze.
Her tender memories are woven with these,
as she dreams of home this darkened night.
She exhales... breath floating to the trees,
where the purple heather greets the breeze.
Echoes of the Heart
I know the blooming heather calls to me
and I long to see the wild mountain thyme
that grows on the hills far past Dundee
I know the blooming heather calls to me
With a sprig of plant in my hair flowing free
to be in those highland hills I ache to climb
I know the blooming heather calls to me
and I long to see the wild mountain thyme
Fiddle Me This
Tradition sings on the strings
through the crisp morning air.
Hand to the bow as they pair.
Tradition sings on the strings.
Through the crisp morning air,
the music plays to the heart.
Notes calling the fiddler’s art
through the crisp morning air.
The music plays to the heart,
down deep to the tapping toes,
smiles washing over the rows.
The music plays to the heart.
Down deep to the tapping toes,
harmony, camaraderie, as one
until his lively tune has spun
down deep to the tapping toes.
Harmony, camaraderie, as one
tradition sings on the strings
to give the melody its wings.
Harmony, camaraderie, as one.
Kitchen Party
You bring the fiddle, I’ll bring the drum,
while someone else add a harp to play.
Across the strings, nimble fingers strum.
Come in the door, for to sing and sway
rejoice tonight with the rising moon,
while someone else add a harp to play.
Call out the first choice, strike up the