A quiet walk
down a pebbled Irish country road
is the place to go for a mid-life crisis.
In the valley of my walk
I happened upon
a Leprechaun by the side of the road.
Seated upon a rock near a patch of shamrocks.
Cobbling his shoe.
His shillelagh against his side.
“Top of the morning to you”,
seemed like the correct thing to [...]
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A Leprechaun by the Roadside
Posted in A Leprechaun by the Roadside, Holidays, Journal of Life, Nations of the World, Poetry Lite, tagged belief, enduring, introspection, Ireland, Irish, leprechaun, mid-life crisis, poems, poetry, poets, Saint Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day, thoughts, worries, writing on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
St. Patrick and His Day
Posted in Holidays, Nations of the World, Poetry Lite, St. Patrick and His Day, tagged heaven, heroes, Ireland, Irish, poems, Poems about Saint Patrick, Poems about St. Patrick, poetry, poets, reflection, Saint Patrick, Saint Patrick's Day, saints, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's Day, writing on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In heaven they call him “Snake Man”.
Started out like so many things.
A joking phrase, meant almost affectionately,
but troubling and hurtful none the less.
1400 years ago, the Fisherman Peter had first used it
and the others got hooked on it.
Patrick said nothing, Peter was the big man.
Everyone called him “The Rock”, which
at least showed strength and [...]
