Tag: martyrs
-
Rebel spells
Jars and vials containing soil from rebel graves Each labelled and dated Collins ninety eight Two thousand four Roger Casement Known primarily for attempting to place Rifles into RA hands, caught in the bay As his submarine upcame Laden with guns, bombs Tools of pain, war’s trade Also instrumental in exposing horrors in the Belgian…
-
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…
-
Deaths Less Remembered Blood Debts As Yet Untendered
Willy Mulcahy they put him to the lash, dashed through his door burnt out the gaff Laughed while flames ate at Hyena gnashers ag gáire, waited to piss upon the ash Ask where’s the cash, Paddy He answers in Irish, they answer in rifle He is tied up to the ash tree, bashed with gun…
Alchemisland 