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Colleens Travels

...Colleen, the fiery red head down the road learned to step dance
She practiced up and down Ireland, then moved to Italy and France.
Hot blooded Italians had never seen a ginger this beautiful and fl...

Categories: colleens, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Where would we be?

...Where would we be without Guinness?
Where would we be without song?
Where would we be without craic?
Where would we be without the bodhran?
Where would we be without our colleens?
Sitting misera...

Categories: colleens, drink, humor, music, song,
Form: Free verse

colleens gifts

...her sagacious disposition fared well in this Celtic family
Colleen had the gifts of clairaudience and clairvoyance
some said she could see flirty flitting faeries in Dublin Woods
Irritating me, fo...

Categories: colleens, spiritual,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Dublin Night

...It’s 1:30am and we were at a cute little dance club in Dublin called “The Sugar Club.” It’s a converted movie theater with tables in stadium seating rows. That night was Salsa themed, and the regular...

Categories: colleens, dance, humor, music, night,
Form: Free verse

Sceilp Level

...They were Lilly Whites from Kildare,
And Boggers from County Clare,
Herring Gutters from Donegal
And Dubliner Jackeens.
They were Goat Suckers, Slaneysiders,
Magpies and Rossies.
They were Kell...

Categories: colleens, america, history, ireland,
Form: Lyric

Misguided Sean

...There once was lad named Sean,
Who thought he was a leprechaun.
He dressed all in green,
And pinched the colleens,
Then danced a jig until dawn.

9/18/18
(Colleen - an Irish girl)...

Categories: colleens, dance, green, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Wearin' O' the Greens

...The Saints be preserved! Begorra! Today Saint Patrick reigns!
An excuse to get the Irish blood a-coursin' through yer veins!
A time for clans with even a tad of Irish in their genes,
To celebrate ...

Categories: colleens, celebration, humorous, ireland,
Form: Rhyme

Kigali, In I Am

...Kigali! You’re a dream differed
          An indefinite dream for unkeyed
          You break too many hearts
          Heal too many souls abruptly
          Kill so many indeed loves
         ...

Categories: colleens, africa, analogy, character, city,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Irish Roots

...I'm a piece of Ireland, far away across the sea,?
American I've become but I'm very proud to be?
Forever Irish; and forty shades of green?
I sing it from my heart, picture the Irish scene, 
?I st...

Categories: colleens, celebration, emotions, happiness, ireland,
Form: Rhyme

Wave

...WAVE  


LETS ALL GO A DANCING,
TO NIGHT, IT MUST IRISH BE.
 SO OFF TO CRICKLE WOOD                                                                  	THE GALTYMORE TO SEE                        ...

Categories: colleens, fun,
Form: Free verse

Colleen Goes To the Sea

...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 so...

Categories: colleens, celebration, holiday,
Form: Quatrain

Emerald Isle

...Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through my loving land
You will be greeted with a smile
Share in banter that beguiles
As golden harps
Play sweet tunes
Leprechauns dance under full moons
Glow...

Categories: colleens, home, journey, places, dance,
Form: Rhyme

Wearin' O' the Green

...The Saints be preserved! Begorra! Today Saint Patrick reigns!
An excuse to get the Irish blood a-coursin' through yer veins!
A time for clans with even a tad of Irish in their genes,
To celebrate ...

Categories: colleens, funny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme