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c_fuller
Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 52
california

0 posted 2008-03-26 05:29 AM

An
Irishman that
doesnt drink, rarely fights
and likes to think.

yet no one believes me.

I was Irish before it
became fashionable.

I was Irish when the signs
on the streets spoke volumes;
"no Irish need apply".

I was Irish in 1916,
when we stood and fell,
and Pearse was gunned
down in the stonebreakers yard.

I was Irish when the famine
came and took away my people's lives.

I was Irish when the Romans came,
and put the Celts to the blade.

I was Irish when the vikings came
and forever changed our hair to red.

I was Irish when Finn Mac Cool and
Strongbow trod this murderous isle
and St. Patrick rid the land of snakes.

I was Irish at birth
and will be so at death.
our memories never fade.

I am Irish, hear me roar,
in the cries of mothers long dead,
and in the tears of drunks yet to live.

I am Irish, I am Ireland, I am I .

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2008-03-26 10:55 AM

Long live the Irish!

Thank you, C.

Brian23
Member

since 2007-11-03

Posts 73
Belfast, Ireland

2 posted 2008-03-26 01:47 PM

I being a full blooded Irish man myself really enjoyed this poem. Nice post

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-03-26 02:19 PM

I think the best way to test for Irish ancestry is to write a poem.
Yes, I definitely like your writing.
Ida

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2008-03-26 03:28 PM

such a wonderful poem....
yann

c_fuller
Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 52
california

5 posted 2008-03-26 04:09 PM

thank you all.

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

6 posted 2008-03-27 04:51 AM

Beautiful song. Touching history.

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

7 posted 2008-03-27 11:04 AM

Beautifully lyrical! I have deep admiration for the Irish, and I'll never forget how they fought so bravely on the Side of the Union to free the slaves.

Art

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2008-03-27 11:22 AM

C_fuller,

This is a nice poem well written. I love my orange pull-over sweater.

Bobby

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