Champagne reign of Shane
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It’s been 3 years since the low blow of nadirs
As we said hooroo to you..goodbye to our top guy
Still feeling...reeling from the pain
Of all the polished veneers of careers
Which is th...
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Categories:
mcgrath, sports,
Form: Rhyme
I CANNOT DIE TONIGHT
...I cannot die tonight
I dog-eared a book
Of pages I haven't perused
You know how long that took?
Scent of pages
Frayed and yellowed
Always get me
Calm and mellowed
The spine cracked and worn
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Categories:
mcgrath, death, farewell, introspection, repetition,
Form: Free verse
warning to grandma
...My bride is an artist Paul warned his grandmother McGrath McGull
He had no idea what she would do, but her gown would not be dull.
Grandma said “That is fine. I am sure she will be beautiful, Paul....
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Categories:
mcgrath, art,
Form: Rhyme
Who Made Her Look Up
...Our art teacher was getting ready for her weekend art show.
She did not pay attention to us that day, as most of us didst know.
We created some art pieces that made us snicker and laugh.
That’s wh...
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Categories:
mcgrath, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Waiting For the Valentines Car
...Here comes the valentine car, the valentine car.
It will not go so far, the valentine car.
The tolls riding in it are thick and delicious.
Troll-eating dragon chews his Bubble-icous.
Waiting fo...
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Categories:
mcgrath, valentines day,
Form: Rhyme
Majority Leader
...Mitch McConnell just missed the boat
His elephant said - and I quote:
"It seems rather clear
The suckers are here
Giving Amy McGrath the vote!"...
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Categories:
mcgrath, political,
Form: Limerick
Translation of Eric Mottram's 1922 Section 1 In Earth Raids 1976 By T Wignesan
...Translation of Eric Mottram’s 1922 Section 1 by T. Wignesan
for David Attoe
Notre devise pourrait être: ‘que nous nous ne soyons pas envoûtés’
Wittgenstein in Zettel
laissez pendre la ...
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Categories:
mcgrath, america, culture, earth, word
Form: Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T Wignesan
...Eric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)...
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Categories:
mcgrath, america, art, creation, culture,
Form: Free verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Poem 33 In Interrogation Rooms 1980-82 By T Wignesan
... Translation of Eric Mottram’s Poem 33 in Interrogation Rooms by T. Wignesan
33. on a vu un homme courir/ de la scène de crime un homme est maintenant en train d’aider/ la police avec leurs in...
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Categories:
mcgrath, america, conflict, culture, ,
Form: Free verse
Orca
...Out of the sea, oh Majestic Prince,
In a spray of foam so green.
Into the air in freedom's dance,
A sight that must be seen.
The Orca leaps into the air
Before our eyes... amazed.
So graceful...
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Categories:
mcgrath, animals, nature,
Form: Rhyme
A Son of Erin
...Oh Mick McGrath, man of daring do
What will the family make of you?
A forgotten ghost from the past,
Standing trapped in a die well cast.
Oh Mick McGrath, will they hear your name?
Born to peasants...
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Categories:
mcgrath, adventure, history, nostalgia,
Form: Ballad
Rainbow
...Color my world with your own,
somewhere over these city streets
Take me to a running brook, a stream, a creek
For Christ knows how I prayed so much to be meek
I do not need money to be happy,...
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Categories:
mcgrath, faith, hope, inspirational, life,
Form: Light Verse