Best Irish Republican Army Poems
Michael CollinsIt has often been said that empires come and go
And from the beginning of time that has been so
Empires ruled with terror and an iron fist
Taking brutal action against those, who tried to resist.
On the sixteenth of October in the year eighteen ninety
Michael Collins was...
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Categories:
irish republican army, england, ireland, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."
At first, no one could remember who started the chant. Patsy, a sweet and ample child, was in the...
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Categories:
irish republican army, memory,
Form:
Prose
Fighting TerritoryThe Irish Republican Army
Through clenched teeth will fight,
So all with Irish accents
Will hear "Ireland's call" and unite.
The cowboys sings of the country
Mountains and farms and all that,
Though he is from the city
he'll wear his ten gallon hat.
The American is so proud
He was born...
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Categories:
irish republican army, identity,
Form:
Rhyme