Thomas Green
Scotland

E-mail Address: tomfifepoetry16@btinternet.com
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Why write poetry, Poet?

Mainly for the amusement of friends or when some event suggests a verse or two

I am known to get carried away with the exuberance of my own verbosity and poetry helps to curb that – ask any of my long suffering friends!

I enjoy the discipline
Of verses that rhyme,
- Although -
I ‘m not totally averse
Per se to blank verse

How did you get started writing poetry?

I was asked to help out the president of a local Bowling Club with his introductory remarks anent the speakers at their Burns Supper. I thought it might make it easier for him if it were in verse, and cobbled together some verse that included the speakers’ “credentials”.

Now this will make you wince.
I’ve been rhyming ever since.

Who were your influences?

Burns, Kipling, Robert Service, Robert Fergusson.

What is your favourite poetic verse?

Whatever suits my mood at a particular point in time.

Examples of poetry.

A Guid Gloom   A' Ken Wha Ye Mean   (Almost) Burns Supper Time   Come Fly with Me   Congratulations! You’re a Winner!   Eleven to One and Back Again   Euan's Exploding Grandma   Euan’s Papa and the Chair   Let’s Bass Rock   Modern or Modem? Times   My Friend Toby   Oh! Where are you going?   Strawberry Tarts   The Cooncil   The Mystery Solved   The Parting   To a Scotch Pie   Welcome the Dawn   What's in a Name?   Who are the Abancs?