Thinking back from one to eighteen
...One for my comfy onesie, a word not invented yet in 1953.
Two twins – me and my sis against the world
Three favorite foods now are mashed potatoes, corn and chili beans
Four times the fun when our...
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Categories:
micks, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Book of Revelations
...He walked up Mill Street past the Foundry,
That citadel across from Nailers Row.
With eight kids and their mother as dependents,
He earned the pay that brought the bacon home.
An immigrant, he ...
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Categories:
micks, death, grandfather,
Form: Ballad
Distant Shores
...and some luck
leaving behind the potato famine blight that disrupted their Irish lives
with their small suitcases arriving here as husband and wife
Their Irish brogue was probably endearing and very thick
as the Ellis Island inspectors inspected all the "Micks"
more than likely they had to talk slow so Americans could understand
gradually assimilating and talking like folks from Long Island
I wonder how it felt when they sailed into New York har...
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Categories:
micks, america, boat, ireland,
Form: Rhyme
E Pluribus Unum
...It’s time, by now, we did away with nations.
I tell you, hand on heart beneath the flag,
This jingo jag has now become a drag.
Those puerile patriotic palpitations
had meaning only when we lived ...
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Categories:
micks, satire,
Form: Sonnet
Beer
...This is the best beer I've ever had.
Yes, The best beer I've ever had.
No beer is really bad, but
This is the best beer I’ve ever had.
Beer’s invention was accidental I’m told.
Something about...
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Categories:
micks, adventure, best friend, celebration,
Form: Rhyme