Spring Ireland Poems

A lamb-like ewe is strutting across the fields-
conceited Irishman is the vibe it yields....

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In The meadow 

Wait ‘til the sun has cooled
And taken it’s familiar place
In the summer sky, in linen white,
Cut below the knee, you float
Across the...

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Spirit of the ancient isles,
Of Erin and of Albion,
I call to thee,
Please come to us,
Ancient spirit come to me,
I call to thee,
In moorland wind,
And highland...

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It was another grey stone winter.
Menacing Queen Beira terrorized the countryside.
We traveled the winding cobblestone way,
the grey stone winter way. 

We believed in anything to...

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Brigid made a promise 
One February day
Spring's coming soon, 
I heard her say
Her lush scent,
Longed for, remembered
Came wafting through
First time since September
Salt air, wet dirt
Oh...

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Erin, for a girl who embodies Ireland
by Michael R. Burch

All that’s left of Ireland is her hair—
bright carrot—and her milkmaid-pallid skin,
her brilliant air of cavalier...

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Spring is in the air at last.
Cold and damp are in the past.

The evenings now stretch out.
After work we think about

walks along the shoreline
or woodlands...

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 The Maiden of Carbury Hill 

I remember a story told of a red-haired girl who never grew old,
who died when there came a great...

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Emerald seems the primo choice 
With kelly right behind.
Hunter, mint or jade might also
Be the shades you'll find.

Army, jungle and chartreuse 
Would certainly suffice.
Forest, olive,...

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CELTIC LOVE
The paths We take under the eye of god
and Universe, but some consider odd
Great Lord of Heaven, knowing everything,
help us to grow, into a...

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The end of my hillbilly blues                   ...

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Green has an empowering richness of vibrant color,
it evokes those spring meadows beneath bright clouds...
where pretty fair-haired girls pick up emerald shamrocks
for Saint Patrick's Day...

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Spring has come again,
Sunshine comes from behind clouds,
Each day a new life....

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It's trying to Spring today
In Dublin's Phoenix Park
The trees are rising from the ashes of Winter
Dressing in a tentative coat of green
Like a thin leafy...

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An April Remembered


Do not depart us April.
Cold winter, an unforgiving March that strode as a Lion from beginning to end.
Let me thank you first.
Flowers white...

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