Best Shillelagh Poems
So Many Shades of Green
...visitin me aunty Cushla
For the first time in Ballybay
I found meself beside a signpost
An I stopped to find me way.
It was then I spied a little feller
Laid behind a bale of hay
He was prepared to h......
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Categories:
shillelagh, funny,
Form:
Narrative
Eire Mo Chroi
...My country is Ireland so green.
I am it's poetry queen.
So much to admire,
my muse is on fire.
Inspired by beautiful scenes.
Today we celebrate St Pat.
I'll be wearing green for that.
Like i......
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Categories:
shillelagh, appreciation, beauty, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Limerick
Ireland
...Velvety soft petals of three or four,
basking in the richness of emerald green
Through legends spoken I've heard before,
yet, in a valley I have never seen.
A rainbow arches across the sky,
a......
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Categories:
shillelagh, places
Form:
Rhyme
The Confession
...Yes, I must confess that I did that ish…
I watched as he crawled across the place
The bug-a-boo had the nerve to try and touch my face
With shillelagh in tow, I just knew he had to go!
I caught t......
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Categories:
shillelagh, imagery, imagination, irony, silly,
Form:
Free verse
My Irish Blues
...My Galway girl dancing upon the river Shillelagh there is no need for tears for the water of life a f......
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Categories:
shillelagh, blue, celebration, dance, drink,
Form:
Lyric
Confidence Trick
...The old codger hobbling upon his cane Rich in years, a quick impression, on the accessory ......
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Categories:
shillelagh, allusion, ireland,
Form:
Free verse
The Leprechaun's Gift
...They were sitting thar leaning back in their chairs
near the bar down at old Murphy's pub,
when a tiny old man, with shillelagh in hand
pushed open the door with his club.
Not the front door, the......
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Categories:
shillelagh, inspirational,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Leprechaun's Charm
...A leprechaun lost his charm
Which set off a big alarm
So, he tried to fix
His shillelagh stick
And hopes it brings him no harm......
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Categories:
shillelagh, humor,
Form:
Limerick
Shillelagh
...Where do leprechauns find gold?
Shillelagh
Where do they grant you a wish?
Shillelagh
Where is the rainbow’s twist?
Shillelagh
What will a leprechaun cane......
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Categories:
shillelagh, humor,
Form:
Verse
A Peace-Loving Man
...This wonderful happy peace-loving man
Is here to tickle your shillelagh on the divan
No charge do I charge
As I steer my barge
While downing a whiskey with my pet orangutang......
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Categories:
shillelagh, silly,
Form:
Limerick
LEPRECHAUN II
...Upon walking I saw
The cutest lil thing
A dressed-up leprechaun
Carrying a shillelagh stick
With a long pipe in his mouth
And circles coming from his ears
It looked like rings of fire
Oh dear,......
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Categories:
shillelagh, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
The Guinness Is In Us
...Say goodnight the party's over
One more year a four leaf clover
A pint of Guinness before bed
Heals the shillelagh to the head......
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Categories:
shillelagh, celebration,
Form:
Rhyme
GOLD
...At the end of each rainbow is
A small pot of real gold
But you have to move quickly
And get there first, because
That lil leprechaun is quick
And fast, he’ll snatched up the gold
And give you a......
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Categories:
shillelagh, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
Emerald Isle
...Tipperary's a long way from here,
But the Emerald Isle's best beer,
Will enhance any ceilidh,
I wave my shillelagh,
With some Guinness, old Eire feels near.......
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Categories:
shillelagh, humorous,
Form:
Limerick