Acorn Live: [acornlive] A Thousand Welcomes Less One by Liam Ronan

[acornlive] A Thousand Welcomes Less One by Liam Ronan

Liam Ronan

acornlive@dublinwriters.org

Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:01:56 +0100

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C0F034.577C3F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A Thousand Welcomes Less One by Liam Ronan I watch. The van staggers, stops;=20 vomits a stream of steamin' antifreeze=20 bang on=20 me snowdrops. the wheel, stiletto-heeled, gray skirted, herself emerges snivellin' some soliloquy into a cell phone. =91Baby on board' indeed! With her dirty Dublin accent, and far from=20 home, she'll be findin' no connection to any D=E1il tone here=20 in west Mayo. This isn't=20 Dun Laoghaire, Dearie, and I'm one culchie=20 who can still,=20 inched above the sill,=20 smell a caper; -I read the local paper- memorize a face.=20 So just in case ye've taken it=20 in yer head to cross=20 me cattle grid; ring the bell; sit a spell; scrounge me tea while waitin' for the cavalry, I'm after loosin' the Jackeen Russel to greet ye. He'll put=20 a nip in that step; chase yer charmin' self east-along to another farm. I run=20 a proper B&B and can't chance=20 a stranger like ye puttin' the wind up me Yanks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- D=E1il - The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland = situated in Dublin. Dun Laoghaire (dun-LEERY) - A port town suburb south-east of Dublin with = many bed and breakfast establishments. =91culchie' - Irish slang for country bumpkin. =91jackeen' - Derogatory term for Dublin city dwellers. Jack Russell - An energetic and noisy terrier. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- This poem has been accepted for publication 15 June 2001. Composed in = Rich Text HTML. Comments and critique welcome by the author. - = LiamRonan@esatclear.ie -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- ------=_NextPart_000_006F_01C0F034.577C3F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

A Thousand Welcomes Less=20 One
by Liam = Ronan

I watch.
The van staggers,
stops;
vomits a = stream
of steamin'
antifreeze
bang on
me = snowdrops.
From=20 behind
the wheel,
stiletto-heeled,
gray skirted,
herself=20 emerges
snivellin' some soliloquy
into a cell phone.
=91Baby = on
board'=20 indeed!
With her
dirty Dublin accent,
and far from =
home,
she'll=20 be findin'
no connection
to any
D=E1il tone
here
in west = Mayo.
This isn't
Dun Laoghaire,
Dearie, and
I'm one culchie =
who=20 can still,
inched above the sill,
smell a caper;
-I = read
the local=20 paper-
memorize a face.
So
just in case
ye've taken it =
in yer=20 head
to cross
me cattle grid;
ring the bell;
sit a=20 spell;
scrounge me tea
while waitin' for
the cavalry,
I'm = after=20 loosin'
the Jackeen Russel
to greet ye.
He'll put
a = nip
in that=20 step;
chase yer charmin'
self east-along
to another farm.
I = run=20
a proper B&B
and can't chance
a stranger
like = ye
puttin'=20 the wind
up me Yanks.

D=E1il - The lower=20 house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland situated in = Dublin.
Dun=20 Laoghaire (dun-LEERY) - A port town suburb south-east of Dublin with = many bed=20 and breakfast establishments.
=91culchie' - Irish slang for country=20 bumpkin.
=91jackeen' - Derogatory term for Dublin city = dwellers.
Jack=20 Russell - An energetic and noisy terrier.

This poem has been accepted = for=20 publication 15 June 2001. Composed in Rich Text HTML. Comments and = critique=20 welcome by the author. - LiamRonan@esatclear.ie