the stone in my pocket – v2 #RobertBurns #Scotland #poetry #muse #talisman #LochNess

Did Burns sense the weight, the gravity,
the stone in my pocket that I was touching,
gathered from the shore of the loch,
The sprig of heather I would pick
for a secret, a wish, a prayer,
a shout in the Highland air
near that peated deep…

Did he feel me within his spirit,
That my heart was like his, captured,
by the cry of my siren, my muse,
like he himself and David had been,
chasing that which wasn’t his,
a kindred brother at that moment,
caught in the sands of time…

Standing in the room where he was born,
bard of my paternal ancestors,
speaking a breath-prayer to my heart
(words like none I had ever heard) …
He started me on a journey
toward my calling, my purpose,
bringing me back to God…

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Edited September 30, 2025
the stone in my pocket – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-stone-in-my-pocket-v2.html
sensing Robert Burns’ spirit, his words,
in my first poem, and continuing;
I visited the birthplace of Robert Burns in Scotland in 1999.
That was where I started writing my 1st poem...
September 29, 2025
Why did he whisper to me?
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-did-he-whisper-to-me.html
Edited September 28, 2025
the whisper of Burns – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-whisper-of-burns-v4.html
Written and posted October 13, 2024
the whisper of Burns
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-whisper-of-burns_25.html
Edited December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v3.html
earlier poem, sensing Robert Burns…
Written and posted October 12, 2024
Channeling Taras
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras_25.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
Edited September 25, 2024
I hear Taras’ whisper to me… - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-hear-taras-whisper-to-me-v2.html
about Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko...
Robert Burns, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Nikolai Gogol…
Robert Frost and Mary Oliver…

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