Colcannon
...We broke bread at dawn
Cold and shivering
Faces dirty, hearts weary
the kettle boiling over
a dying fire
tea meant to soothe
our bones and joints aching
a bubbling soup hits our
nauseous bellies and...
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Categories:
colcannon, horse, soldier, war,
Form: Free verse
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:
colcannon, funny,
Form: Narrative
The Leprechaun
...I'll be happy to be a leprechaun
That silly green hat will be worn.
If ye share yer pot of gold with me
A leprechaun I'll be happy to be.
I'll buy ye a pint of the black stuff
More if that's not eno...
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Categories:
colcannon, funny,
Form: Quatrain