"Ireland"

[The Wanderer]

"Ireland"

Irish Lady your silhouette burns a corona around my blistered eyes,
through which all of your Celtic seas are flooded by crimson tides
Under the falling lids of darkness
the corona does not fade -- but stings,
like the venom of an impious bee
Your Northern skies bleed under fear's sharp razor
and the stain has been cast -- drip by drip
hot blood forming pools of orange lava over the green earth
as melting passengers empty their intestines,
over our shivering hearts

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note: this is a few years old, one of the first poems I ever wrote... actually, I think it's the 2nd one I ever wrote? anyway, point is it was inspired by Sunday Bloody Sunday... and I think it was Bono's lyrics that got me interested in writing poetry

so thanks Bono

 

[frogbat]

one of yer first?!?! crikey that's good (as my grandad would say)

simple question though how do you pronouce "celtic"?

 

[The Wanderer]

thanks y'all

I intended it to be Keltic, hard "k" sound, unless of course you think it sounds better with the "s" sound?

reader's descretion

 

[hermes]

I like the "k" sound, nice use of "impious" as well. Very cool piece

 

[frogbat]

it was just the "seas" following that made me curious

Celts and Crimson work to good effect

Unless your Irish Lady supported CelticFC I was going with Keltic anyway

 

[BabyGrace]

I really like it Wanderer...the words are kind of scary, the way they work together...but very beautiful...
Funny that Bono's lyrics inspired you...I had the same kind of thing happen to me this summer. I wrote some poetry when I was little but it obviously wasn't that great. Now, since I've discovered U2 I keep writing poetry...it's a great release...well, that and running it off...that works too

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Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice..."