Hy-Brasil - Real or Myth
...Hy-Brasil
Out a’high in lashin’ waves
a’crashin’ anger’d sea
b’yond Albion an’ Hibernia
where mists a’shadow’d, lowly
o’ magical Isle o’ Hy-Brasil
tentacl’d ocean beast ther’ tore
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Categories:
hibernia, language, mystery, myth, mythology,
Form: Rhyme
Row Houses
...Newfoundlanders can row, you should see some of'em go,
when they puts a punt on a pond.
But I don't like this mess, all this Race foolishness,
I'd never seen so much goings on.
If you wants to...
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Categories:
hibernia, courage, funny, hero, uplifting,
Form: Ballad
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 ...
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Categories:
hibernia, celebration, humorous, ireland,
Form: Rhyme
England - Gleaming In the Distance
...across the Doggerland dogged people trudge
Neanderthals, Heidelbergers...Sapiens, the last ones standing
hairy mammoths, heavy life bearing down
the mighty maw of an ice wall crunches, enfor...
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Categories:
hibernia, conflict, destiny, england, history,
Form: Narrative
Erin's Autumn
...The scent of the sea in Erin's cool air
Captivates me and I wish I were there.
Such colors displayed in ivy that crawls
Weaving its way over ancient rock walls.
I recall my awe of every hue
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Categories:
hibernia, autumn,
Form: Couplet
The Philosopher's Lament - 1
...As the sun fades o’er the water and birds chatter in the grove,
Two old, wrinkled, weary thinkers wander slowly by the cove.
Waves advancing and receding from the edges of the sea
Bring a bittersw...
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Categories:
hibernia, conflict, destiny, history, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
On Blood's Own Sand
...Courage held In heart of Lion
Celtic memory of ancient reunion
In arena of Death's bloody passion
Lion's fight for life the prize
Swords held high salute the Caesar
Two giants hold their sw...
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Categories:
hibernia, death, desire, emotions, passion,
Form: Free verse
Old Emerald Isle
...coming out enchanting
a harp playing
bewitching music
from an irish sea
from the mist of hibernia
entering a cold mystical island
a lonely teddy bear out in an ocean
dressed in her forty sh...
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Categories:
hibernia, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
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 ...
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Categories:
hibernia, funny, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Blood Brothers
...Blood Brothers
As one, in life, they tug their craft
Over the sun bleached sands
Salt air fills heaving chests
The tide beckons with friendly waves.
They float over foam, spray in their eyes,
Lau...
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Categories:
hibernia, history,
Form: Prose Poetry
900 Miles
...Bird around the bay of white and swoops aloft the air
Descends upon the deck and lays a top a chair
Dear bird me thinks I leave my land to forage and to bare
And now my suit has got your fruits on sh...
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Categories:
hibernia, mothermother, work, mother, work,
Form: Kyrielle