Tag: irish
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Tenement Child
No minging SIPTU yet Buildings in situ since age knows who Cén aois thú? Since poulaine boots sought thingmote justice, since ringforts. Cornmarket in view, take left to but never take a Liberty Homeless wretch jellied gums in climes gelid stitchless atishoos Cold knotting around filth-berotted neck a firmly noose Got pox in Monto knocking…
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St. Stephen, no wren friend
Somewhere in Dublin a frigid forecourt in storm North King Street worming behind Four Courts Wet catchyourdeath chill alright, oldtown silhouette Later belching towers’ll smoulder there, giant cigarettes Nearby St. Stephen’s lazaret Outside which stabbed faction fighters are left after a decent Donnybrook Melee broke out, two villages a single scrimmage Such blood spillage a…
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Muirias of the Chewing
Dagda his restoring cauldron stored at Muirias Mounding with esculents, edible pleasants peak point Jointing out from horn’s mouth Wide as those taking pleasance thereround Shells bulbous jutting obstetric, preceding Partholon Striated persimmons like asymmetrical Parthenon Or jag’d scallop’d zig-zag asphodel meadow blends Lung-shaped berries beril-bellied, with date bent Effulging plumlike, alien growths homely on…
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Puck Fair Puck Head Off
Number one, King Pecker Dunne If Spotify had him, England’d be didded gone inside an hour Power of sixty minutes each pushing around the circumference of Cronos’ slavery orange All is aflower Hours since sense last spoken, sentences rewinding like snagged reels Reaching pure sentiment, telling everyone how much they mean Talking about reinstating royal…
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BRITS ABROAD
Came here on holiday to get away from blokes like him Beer foam moustache crowning upcurled lips creased asneer More lines than Newcastle’s jersey designer had in mind Tab-green fingers pick away at a full English, Benson same time Glass of white wine nine in the morning or else they’ll get divorced Forcing her to…