Short Brogue Poems

   ~ To be read with an Irish brogue ~

   Mary, please marry 'me merry Barry'
   'Me merry Berry,' Mary, please marry
     Don’t marry Matty
     Don’t marry Moti
   Marry 'me Barry,' ~ Be merry, Mary 
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Aye, ‘Tis His Brogue

A stout Guinness will cause him to sing
a second will sharpen tongue’s sting
and after that
‘tis a known fact
he’ll talk for an hour and not say a thing.


John G. Lawless
1/22/2017...

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He died when I was a  baby
I never felt his touch
Never heard his soft Irish brogue 
Which I yearn to hear so much

I will never look into his lovely blue eyes
No memories to recall
He gave me the gift of life
Yet ,I never knew him at all!...

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panama
         hats
canvas
       caps
        cravats
        &slacks-
a kaftan
    or two
tabards
   brand new-
sandal
brogue
leather
    shoe,
jeans
 with
   seams
cardigan
jumpers
socks
      too true-
braces
laces
shirt
&skirt..
    one or two-
or three!...

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A snarly-mouthed, cross-eyed, pessimist with an attitude toward mean.
Ann Marie disregards opinions that are not her own.
The town has ignored her for so long, few people remember her name.
She speaks in a pirate’s brogue when she speaks, which is not often.
Mostly to a newcomer who is brave enough to say “hello” to her.
Her relatives parted ways long ago, even though she still lives here.
She is satisfied with their arrangement.
So are the other six thousand and twenty-two residents....

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