Michael Earls Gold Poems
- 1. My Father's Tunes
My father had the gay good tunes, the like you'd seldom hear,
A whole day could he whistle them, an' thin he'd up an' sing,
The merry tunes an' twists o'them that suited all the year,
An' you wouldn't ask but listen if yourself stood there a king.
... - 2. The Sailor
A sailor that rides the ocean wave,
And I in my room at home:
Where are the seas I fear to brave,
Or the lands I may not roam?
... - 3. Off To The War
(For Jack)
In a little ship and down the bay,
... - 4. The Young Adventurers
We will go adventuring, will you come adventuring,
Hail, to all who sail with us the seven pleasant seas:
All the shores with lily bells, all the flutes of woodland dells
Are calling like a legend upon a fragrant breeze.
... - 5. A Winter Minster
(For Fr. C. L. O'Donnell)
The interlacing trees
... - 6. Two Seanichies
(For Aedh)
'Tis the queerest trade we have, the two of us that go about,
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