Long Antrim Poems

from island corner, big Antrim lad
  to Belfast city, a tiny pad
  shattered windows, tilted clocks
  Goliath had lost his socks
  gargantuan giant going mad

  Armagh apple girl, any topic
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kaisers, kings, emperors fight for territory
  dispensable bodies left in the ground on foreign soil, unreturned
  militarisation of memory and folly
  an Irish nation half-wrenched from a bloodied and wearied empire
 ...

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Both of their eyes locked hard on one another.
The sheriff needed to talk with this grieving, vengeful brother.
"Have a seat and a drink with me," the sheriff said to him.
"I need to explain to you...

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Continued From:
2. "Quien es?" "Who is it?" Part 2
 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=195856

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He loved to read. He loved to sing. He loved to dance and even act. 
He'd spend many days involved with his school plays.
His mother's...

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Jesse Evans and The Boys earned much notoriety
during the old west's most untamed and wild history.
Raiding resturants and salloons they would drink and eat for free.
"Chalk it up!" they'd say to all of the merchants...

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John Miller and William H Bonney, 
are both one and the same apparently, 
at least that's what John Miller would claim occasionally, 
but never when he was sober, drunk only. 
John Miller and The Kid...

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Continued From:
5. Billy, the Kid Part 2
http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=195851

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Billy was a lad of many aliases. William Henry McCarty is believed to be his birth name.
Alias Henry McCarty, Alias Henry Antrim, 
Alias William Antrim Jr are all...

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I for one can't help but wonder
how the Kid's life would have turned out, 
had he not lost his mother.
The one true individual in his life 
whom he loved devotedly like no other
and so too...

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One has to wonder
how the Kid's life would have turned out, had he not lost his mother.
The one true individual in his life whom he loved devotedly like no other
and so too was her love...

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A lovely week spent on the Antrim coast
the weather was decent but not wonderful
seeing such lovely scenery so green
spectacular views of the hills, a hidden jewel

Many highlights experienced on a daily basis
Giant's Causeway is loved...

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A beautiful woman delights the eye;
a wise woman, the understanding;
a pure one, the soul.

Minna Antrim

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GARDEN CRUSH

Tangerine hair, floral lips.
Nostrils flare - petals thrill.
Piano keys pressed.

Pearls and lace,
damask chest,
Lingering sleeves. Classic-

Beauty’s surrounded
By her...

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Judge Bristol passed his sentence with the following words and said,
"The said William Bonney, alias Kid, alias William Antrim
shall be hanged by the neck until his body be dead, Dead, DEAD!!!"
Billy left the courthouse smiling,...

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