Old friends and new... Options

[Keith Logan]

In bonnie Scotland throughout many years
I've laughed aloud and even shed some tears.
A witness to a history unfurled,
where once mine was an electronic world
but now alas, for time is all my own;
methinks it meet to strike a carefree tone.

I've not composed a poem for a while,
although the effort brought a ready smile.
In truth a simple rhymer's not complete
if he's not dancing on iambic feet.
Were those days really all that far away?
Am I now able once again to play?

It's good to see some names I knew before,
although mayhap from fabled days of yore.
I'm older but no wiser I confess,
a problem that this board may well address
but I shall neither sigh or strain and mope
if deemed to be a case devoid of hope.

Keith Logan, the happy chappy

[Keith Logan]

Thanks very much for the warm welcome Lori and Snow, is Merlin still around?

By way of further introduction...
The happy chappy passed through here
although it was a distant year
where trouble reigned.
Freedom came and came to stay
but what a price there was to pay
for what was gained.

I'm now alone, my love is gone
contentedly I carry on
and often smile.
agape lifts a heart to soar,
so rhyming days are here once more,
to stay awhile.

That aside, let's see if the happy chappy can live up to his name when he starts posting on the rhyming board. I don't think I'll be trying free verse.