the whisper of Burns – v3 #RobertBurns #RobertFrost #TarasShevchenko #MikhailBulgakov #NikolaiGogol

the whisper of Burns,
within my spirit, unfamiliar,
A muse of their legacy,
the bard of my people
calling to me mightily,
the room where he was born…

whispering words unaware,
a cadence, a repeating verse,
Breathing a breath prayer
a poem for another
a hope, a promise,
in the Highland air…

the whisper of Burns,
quickening my spirit,
a stirring within,
calls to me yet,
an echo of his musings
within my chest…

life-giving spirit,
alive within me,
Call to me quickly
Give me words to share
whispered to me, through me,
o’er my ancestral homeland…

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September 9, 2025
the whisper of Burns – v3

October 13, 2024
the whisper of Burns – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-whisper-of-burns-v2_25.html
Written and posted October 13, 2024
the whisper of Burns
typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-whisper-of-burns_25.html
sensing Robert Burns’ spirit, his words,
in my first poem and continuing
October 12, 2024
Channeling Taras
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras_25.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
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…
December 11, 2023
I hear you calling to me – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-hear-you-calling-to-me-v2.html
earlier poem, sensing Robert Burns…
I visited the birthplace of Robert Burns in Scotland in 1999.
That was where I started writing my 1st poem...

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