Auld Alba Poem by Randy McClave

I have been to Camelot
The kingdom that many have sought,
And when I got to the top of that rock
I then thought about going to a loch.
I got home then I felt no worries or stress
I then took a bus alone down to Loch Ness,
Sadly, I went alone without the promise from Jessie
But, there is where I met the beautiful Nessie.
Then I explored the great Glen
The adventures there I did pen
Then while there I visited Urquhart castle
Where I saw the Scottish tassel.
Then I walked and I walked to a bus stop
There I ended up at an old bookshop,
There is where I read about a highland cotter
And also about a lad named Potter.
It became dark as I walked outside all alone
Then I heard a quarrel and a moan,
There is where I saw Dr Jekyll and then Mister Hyde
One had no honor, and one had his pride.
I then heard the bagpipes played
At a Kirk I saw many worshipping and prayed
And then I saw men in their kilts dressed,
And Lassies wearing tartan skirts which also impressed.
And then when later the moon got high
I finally saw Peter Pan fly,
And I saw the mischievous children following him
Just for a musical whim.
I was hungry, so I went out to eat
I was served neeps and tatties and haggis as my meat,
It was piped in and in a poem it starred
As written and spoken by Burns the bard.
Then with my mood and environment I came to a truce
As I saw in the distance Robert the Bruce
And now as I reminisce when I got there
At history and wonderment I truly did stare.

Randy L. McClave