The helpful kelpies of old Cumnock town
are laying all of their little tools down.
The kelpie union has called a strike
to change things that kelpies do not like.
“Humans today”, they say, “are very mean.
They do not keep the environment clean.
They’ve stopped listening to our mother, Nature
or caring about our poor Earth’s future”.
So, like great Keir Hardie kelpie long ago,
kelpies won’t help man if he’s natures foe.
They’re forming little pixie picket lines
infront of fairy factories and mines.
No more shall kelpie people paint rainbows,
teach birds to sing or help wild flowers grow,
sprinkle twinkle on stars, polish moonbeams;
grant good wishes or chase away bad dreams.
Kelpie cupids have locked away love’s darts;
kelpie joiners will not mend broken hearts;
kelpie plumbers won’t fix the leak of tears;
kelpie muses won’t mine minds for ideas.
And the goblins who gobble up sadness;
the elves who spread selfishness and badness
will laugh and skip and dance with so much glee
if humans keep on acting selfishly.
So help the kelpies, the fairies who’re fair.
Show them that human kind is nature’s friend.
Treat mother nature with respect and care,
then kelpies can get back to work again.
Comments
well-wisher | June 30, 2011 - 11:44
Some pedantic folklore know-it-all's may object to my use of 'Kelpies' rather than 'Brownies' but I shall explain why I used 'Kelpies' rather than 'Brownies' for this poem.
The first time that I heard about Kelpies was, as a young boy, looking at my sisters 'Girl Guide' manual.
'Kelpies' were described in the 'Girl
Guide' manual as one of the packs (sixes)
within the 'Brownies' (The junior girl
guide's) also, in the Girl Guide manual,
Kelpies were described as 'good'
fairies.
Later on, ofcourse, I discovered all
about the 'water horses' of Scottish
folklore that drown people.
However, I argue that the 'evil
kelpie' stories are all lies
created by mud-slinging,
slandering Goblin's and
that Kelpies are infact
good fairies who have never
done harm to human kind.
Highhat | June 30, 2011 - 18:25
This was very enlightening- thanks
All for the kelpie strike- I really try to be good to Mother nature but I can't do it all on my own, can I?
;)Pia
well-wisher | June 30, 2011 - 23:32
I'm glad that you liked the poem.
In answer to your question. I don't write poems to make people feel guilty or to blame anyone. I write poems based upon my own conscience and I only hope to inspire people with them. I'm in the same boat as
you, I'm just one person and what can I do? All I can do is act according to my own conscience and
say the things I feel.
Besides which, my poem was really written with young children in mind and young children have their whole futures ahead of them; they have the power of youth
on their side.