Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Robert Burns, the Day after His Birthday. Robert Burns, the great Scottish Poet. His birthday was yesterday and I almost forgot--25 January 1759. So sad, I would momentarily forget a fellow Scot. But what a rush, when I suddenly recalled. Of course he wrote beautiful love poems. Such as 'My Luve is like a Red Red Rose; But do you realize he wrote an ode to George Washington? This, of course, was during the British/American Revolution! ('Could have been in great trouble.) He also wrote another, praising the French Revolution! ('Again, potential trouble.) Of course, there's too, the ode To a Mouse and Address to the Haggis. Goodness, how could I have ever forgot--even for a moment-- Such an important, creative and vital poet? Frank Maurer 26 January 2023 1245 PM.