Random Poetry

half a percent Irish

I found an Irish lullaby last night
and spent half an hour looking for more.
I hope Mom makes corned beef and cabbage
for St. Patrick's Day.
She made Irish stew last week--
they say you can live off potatoes.
I thought it was funny to hear Saoirse Ronan
playing an American in Little Women.
I like to watch the press interviews
and listen to the way she says her r's.

Suaimhneach
that was in the lullaby;
you say maybe four of the letters.
When I was a child I didn't know Irish was a language.