Triology of Irish Poems

A triology of Poems written in the Irish verse form “Snámh Suad”
a. an octave, each line has 3 syllables
b. rhymed aabcdddc
c. L4 and L8 must be 3 syllable words.
d. written with the defining features of most Celtic poems, cywddydd (harmony of sound) and dunadh (beginning and ending the poem with the same word, phrase or line)


Irish Rain

Rains forever
soaks whomever
country or
cityscape.
Falls on head,
tourist dread,
farmers fed –
O’Rainscape.


Generations of stopped traffic

Scolding sheep
roads they keep;
coal eyes stare,
unmoving.
Never yield,
dark eyes peeled
far afield,
reproving.


Glenveagh

Sponge soft ground
mounts surround –
subdue, we
rubberneck.
Stop. Slog bog,
dance in fog,
sky soaked sog –
Sponge-o-theque.

dancing on bog: Glenveagh National Park in NW Ireland, Donegal County

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Note: this poem is part of a collection, to read more please see:  "Ireland "  E: Barúlacha Fileata~poetic observations~poems inspired by my trip to my ancestoral home   Sláinte!