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Tag Archives: Ireland
I Wonder, St. Patrick
Oh Paddy, oh Paddy! Long have you and I held difference perspectives, not seen eye to eye, nor found much in common, through legend or faith, or some shared experience wrangling with wraiths. I wonder, St. Patrick; and wonder makes … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, daily poems, death, Druids, Ireland, perspective, St. Patrick
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If the Germans Could Laugh Like the Irish
If the Germans could laugh like the Irish, reckless, deep in drunken ambrosial seas, walking wandering paths, their cracked looking-glasses on open hearths (these are the holy fools) If the Irish could laugh like the Germans, deep and still like … Continue reading
A Druid Reflects on Patrick’s Sainthood
I won’t march in your drunken green parades, nor think of your name when I spy clover; I’m tired of these cruel lies and the charades – it won’t be my eyes your wool pulls over. For I am of … Continue reading
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Tagged Beltane, daily poems, Ireland, paganism, poetry by request, sonnet, St. Patrick
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