Best Colleen Poems

Young Ellen Hanley caught John Scanlon’s eye
He was determined that she’d be his wife
Their marriage was cursed and Ellen would die
On the River Shannon she lost her life.

She was a beauty but of lower class
He belonged to a wealthy family
A few weeks later grew tired...

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To Colleen Bono  A Precious Soup Member.

Gift to Colleen Christmas and Always!

Poets are gifts, to a world often bleak
Their deepest emotions, often they speak.
Sensitive hearts, much more than the rest
No choice were they given, they must stand the test.

Often the world, they see in...

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Her vacation day 
It is here at last
Colleens bags are packed
I hope she has a blast

Off to the coast
For some ocean air
Sparkling waters
Wind blowing her hair

Walk along the beach
Searching for some shells
Sand between her toes
Feeling like Tinkerbell

All of her troubles
Washed out to Sea
Like a Sea...

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Ten years ago,
they began as friends,
appearing to be a gift
that heaven sends.

In the ninth, she felt lonely.
He was pushing her away.
The eighth was the same.
It was driving her astray.

She finally heard the truth,
a few years ago.
It happened seven times,
and he could’ve said no.

It’s been six...

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Colleen is riding a pipe to Dublin town.
She’s dressed in the greens, wearing a gown.
I wonder if she will ride the pipe to me? Asked a clown.
The rest of us stared at him, one gave him a frown.

The news went through the pub, to everyone...

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C is for caring
O is for opps
L is for loving
L is for literacy
E is for elected
E is for exited
N is for natural




for a very close friend colleen laforme...

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