A bucketful



Earth is full of them- that is poets.
Too many to refer to here so reference
Will be restricted to a brief number
Of bards from the poetic soil of Paddy.

Of course Yeats arrives 'Down By The
Sally Gardens' and the 'Lake Isle Of
Innisfree'.

Heaney is there,that is Seamus, in
'Anahorish' followed by 'The Tollund Man'.

Also the blackbird of the Boyne- Francis
Ledwidge- with 'Thomas MacDonagh' and
'June'.

Also a poet of an almost holy triology-
Joseph Mary Plunkett- 'I See His Blood
Upon The Rose'.

To be followed by Padraic Colum's 'The Old
Woman Of The Roads'.

And, of course, there is Patrick Kavanagh 'On
Raglan Road'.

And from far back Thomas Moore gave us
'The Last Rose Of Summer' followed by 'The
Minstrel Boy'.

And then about a century ago Patrick Pearse
Composed 'The Rebel'...

Ah, they are rising like jumping salmon in recall
But as a dance floor can be overcrowded so can
A bucket.

Therefore, I drink a toast to all poets, not forgetting
He or they who wrote the psalms!
Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Submitted by ancomanach on March 02, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

54 sec read
97

Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX BXA XC DXX XXX XX XX DBX XX XCX XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 959
Words 179
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2

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…

All Liam Ó Comáin poems | Liam Ó Comáin Books

2 fans

Discuss the poem A bucketful with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "A bucketful" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/44643/a-bucketful>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    March 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    2
    days
    16
    hours
    12
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    "Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying."
    A Ogden Nash
    B Bill Collins
    C May Sarton
    D Dorothy Parker