Wordsmith Holler

Original Pulp Fiction

Tag: Irish poetry

  • The Roamer

    The Roamer

    The young lass Weathersby,
    Reared a rake lecher
    The boy gained infamy,
    As a cruel corrupter

    Each conniving victory,
    Sent his renown farther
    ‘Til the repeated story,
    Hit the ears of a roamer

    She vowed utter destruction,
    To get his goat superbly
    Leaving the boy’s seduction,
    An act even he would decry

    Not knowing the strategy,
    The boy pursued her ardor
    She paid him in agony
    By ignoring his marker

    Dauntless he went unshrinking,
    To try a second enthrall
    And a third, fourth gallantly
    Yet all failed to bethrall

    How could this be happening?
    No doubt his charming mystique,
    And charisma were unraveling
    A question of technique.

    He pondered the circumstance,
    The sea reins in fish swimming
    Seeking a wife happenstance
    The girl was not worth pursuing

    No longer known to philander,
    The boy returned to the yoke
    Became an esteemed farmer
    A winner to the townsfolk

    He married Miss Ashebee,
    After she went to courting
    The roamer from Kilkenny
    Who had no use for sorting.

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