Short Ireland Poems

Short Ireland Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Ireland by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Ireland by length and keyword.


Irish Green Eyes

To Irish green eyes
With a devilish twinkle
A toast at the pub

As long as there’s an Ireland
An Irish song will be sung
Form: Tanka


Premium Member A Europe

A    Europe

                              Scotland, Ireland and England

                                          A    Europe
Form: Haiku

Premium Member My Old Bucket

I lost my old bucket so sadly,
And felt oh so terribly badly;
Then lo and behold
A pot full of gold!
I'd lose me another and gladly.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A ST PATRICK DAY DIADACTIC

A romano-british Christian
obtained long-lasting recognition
This  apostle to Ireland God did send
an evangelist,easy to comprehend
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Post St Paddy's Day Cheer

St. Patrick’s Day food and drink
A nice festive feast I think
	lots of green beer
	good mates and cheer
post-party the lot does stink
Form: Limerick


Bald Leprechaun -Oddquain-

He is so bald he misplaced his hat curses up a storm, he does miffed. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Mar.17/2007
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Treasures

High tide, the waves crash anew
Like geysers out cracks waters spew
Cleansing all that's been subdued
Treasures, rainbows bring in view!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CLERIHEW easter song

Composer John Ireland once did begin
music for his only hymn
'on the back of a menu twas first shown
twas entitled' My song is love unkown
Form: Clerihew

To Eire Is Who Man

A young Irish lass with no man
Danced in the Moulin Rouge Can-Can
In Dublin again
She joined with Sinn Fein
And bombed as Republican Anne
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Good Speaker

How to be a Good Speaker

Speak clearly
Speak gently
Say little and 
Mean much.

Oh, also, if in Ireland don’t kiss the Blarney Stone.

Premium Member Reverie

Cascade water flow Riverbank, vision in green Ensnared by beauty Daydreamer, thoughts float away Perfect happiness.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member St Eve, a Lovers Limerick

There once was guy named Steve
He swam in a pool with Eve
With a frisky smile
He undressed her with guile
In nine months she was to conceive
Form: Limerick

Irish Tall Tale

Come all ye, kiss that blarney stone
Join in the legend and be known
For the gift of gab
Ye come kiss the slab
Eloquence and luck shall be shown
Form: Limerick

Bull O'Knee

Bull O'Knee was greedy, I'm told
And wanted a Leprechaun's gold
A rainbow appeared
And just as I feared
The Leprechaun knocked Bull out cold!
Form: Limerick

Ping Pong - Not For Contest

Was a young girl from Dublin Decidly fat not thin Her butt played ping pong when she wore a thong watching a three rosary sin
Form: Limerick

Premium Member More Saint Paddy's Day Food

If St. Paddy’s Day food be green
then spinach and kale’s the right thing
	forget the red meat
	vegetables eat
and see what the morrow will bring
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Irish Tears

They tried but left in tears,
Now,far from Ireland's sadness.
A train of covered wagons
upon vast plains of promise.
Cork, but a dream in a tear.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Cliffs of Moher

 
High looking at the sea, waves knocking them, the Cliffs of Moher beyond the years, face future being tall
Form: Ninette

Premium Member Have You Looked In the Mirror Lass

I think we are German she told me.
I smiled.
Have you looked in the mirror? I asked.
She did not understand.
Your verdent eyes are a map of Ireland.

Premium Member Leprechaun Fine Print

A leprechaun, to me, proposed, 
at my service, to be disposed.  
He'd one more thing to say
as he jetted away.
I must catch him first, he disclosed.
Form: Limerick

A Leprechaun's Hat -Dixdeux-

A leprechaun's hat, is his pride and joy he never goes anywhere without it chrome dome. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Mar.17/2007
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Kiss Me, I'M Irish -Reversed Katauta-

"Kiss me, I'm Irish," he says leprechaun, thinks he's all that then, wiggles his tongue. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Mar.17/2007
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Premium Member Now You'Ve Gone and Done It

I'd caught me a leprechaun one day
He told me to "Just wish away"
So I wished for (The Pot) 
and that's what I got
Now under my belt's where it stays
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Old Town Cat Lady Who Yelled

There was a dame from Westminster,
Who lived her life as a spinster.
She was old and gray,
Yelled at cats all day,
And that is why no one missed her.
© Alex Corns  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Leaving Ireland

When the train jolted 
The rain and street lights melted.
Your finger traced sighs
Against the breath-fogged windows.
Love fades like peat fire embers
Form: Tanka

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