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Maíre Rua

Liam Ó Comáin

Stocky and middle aged
With an Irish tweed cap
To shade from the sun
Churning soil
And revealing
Clods glinting

Smelling of tractor oil
In a spring field
Accompanied by an
Occasional mumbling curse

A bit of a character and
Capable of matching
Most men

A fond lover of the land
While adept at house work
But ill at ease without the horse
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Submitted by ancomanach on February 17, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXXABB AXXX XBX XXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 321
Words 63
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 3, 3
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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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