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Poem no. 203

  • blacknessonseapoet
  • Sep 12, 2022
  • 1 min read

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Riddle

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Riddle


Find a Lobster Pot that’s warm and dry

and always full of welcome,

nautical yet never damp,

and run by folk with smeddum.


Find the Black that’s ever-bright,

the Ness and Sea now filmed and hailed.

Now rest up, refresh yourselves and solve

the riddle: the ship that never sailed.

 
 
 

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