Erin Go Bragh Poem by Connie Marcum Wong

Erin Go Bragh



At Ben Bulben’s feet Sligo stands
The home of such creative hands

Where poet William Yeats did grow.
The Nobel Prize his poems did know.

On my trip to this emerald isle,
I yearned to visit a long while.

As sun poured through the misty sky
Shedding warmth with its golden eye,

I stood beside the lough in awe
At dancing diamonds that I saw

Near Connemara’s tall twelve bens
O’er lands of ancient souls that wends.

I sense their haunting watchful eyes
And feel my roots where rivers rise.

I hear the voices lost at sea,
They echo on eternally;

As with the thousands who took flight
During the worst potato blight.

Their sadness streams across the seas
Where most souls died with unheard pleas.

Those sad and tragic days long past,
And Erin’s joys returned at last

To verdant Lee and sandy shores
To music heard across the moors,

To people with the kindest hearts
Is what this isle to me imparts.



*Erin go bragh means Ireland Forever
*lough means a lake
*Ben means Irish, a mountain peak

Friday, March 21, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: ireland
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Lacovara 22 March 2014

Slainte....(cheers) to words well put....I am still yet to see the green of Ireland, bit it is highpoint my bucket list. Thanks for the mini tour of the Emerald Isle. PEACE

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