Thursday, 9 April 2020

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 The Easter Uprising by Miss Poppy Today a long time ago some of my friend Zita’s dangerous relatives visited the giant Post Office. I...
Thursday, 18 April 2019

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The Crucifixion And the night comes again to the circle studded sky The stars settle slowly, in loneliness they lie 'Till the universe ...

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The House of Orange I took back my hand and I showed him the door No dollar of mine would I part with this day For fueling the engines of b...

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The Harp that Once Through Tara’s Halls THE HARP that once through Tara’s halls      The soul of music shed,    Now hangs as mute on Tara’s...

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The Folk of the Air O’DRISCOLL drove with a song      The wild duck and the drake    From the tall and the tufted weeds      Of the drear H...

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The Donkey.      When fishes flew and forests walked          And figs grew upon thorn,      Some moment when the moon was blood          T...

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Gathering Song of Donald the Black Pibroch of Donuil Dhu      Pitbroch of Donuil Wake thy wild voice anew,      Summon Clan Conuil. Come aw...

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Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries These, in the day when heaven was falling, The hour when earth's foundations fled, Followed their mer...

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Deirdre's Lamentation The lions of the hills are gone, And I am left alone--alone. Dig the grave both wide and deep, For I am sick, and...

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Easter 1916 I HAVE met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passe...