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Index to Bill Black's POETRY Webpage

updated 12/3/23


Disclaimer 1:

Some of these don't rhyme. They are composed in what poets refer to as "blank verse".
This can be frightening to some people, so Mr. Black wishes to apologize in advance
and direct those who might be seeking more familiar material to his BB Songs website,
where most of the stuff rhymes.

Disclaimer 2:
Some of these are more like short stories than poems. The
official literary name for this type of thing is not known to Mr. Black, and it
wouldn't make much difference anyway. Do the best you can with them.



The ANSWER TO IT ALL
ANTHONY O'BRIEN THE SINGER
ARMAGEDDON
BALLAD in the TRADITIONAL STYLE: FOR THE WORCESTER FIREMEN
BALLAD of FIDO ZOBRIST
BALLAD of PADDY McFLAHERTY
BALLAD of the ELDIA
BOLD IRISH FIDDLER
The CHRIST CHILD AT GLASTONBURY
CHRISTUS NATUS HODIE
CLARIFICATION
The CLOWN
CORNED BEEF OF OLD IRELAND
CUTTYHUNK SUNSET: A PRAYER
A DOG'S PRAYER
EDDIE & MICHAEL
ELEGY for EDDIE McCARTHY
FIRST THINGS
FOUR SONGS
HAIKU for CHRISTMAS
HYMN to SAINT PATRICK
IS THAT REAL WASABI OR JUST SOME GREEN CRAP?
(A Traditional Art Form for the Modern World)
An "ISLAND QUEEN" ROMANCE
JOSEPH & MARY
JUPITER and the BEAVER MOON
The LITTLE BOAT
The MADMAN
PETITION
PHOTOGRAPH: NEW YORK IRISH MUSICIANS, 1937
The PIPER
PLEASE DO NOT YELL AT THE SEAL!
The PUB CAT
The ROAD to KILNABRACKEN
The SAD YOUNG MAN
SATAN AT CALVARY
The SCRATCH GOLFER
SLAN ABHAILE!
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CHRISTMAS SONG
A SMALL SONG OF CHRISTMAS
TAKING the FIDDLER HOME
The TRADITIONAL MUSICIAN'S PRAYER
The TRIMBLE - BOXFORD WEDDING
TUNE WITHOUT MUSIC: FOR MARTIN WYNNE
TURLOCH'S SONG
VERSE FOR A MUSICIAN'S CHRISTMAS CARD
The VISION
The VISIT
VOYAGE of the HEROES
WE SAID GOODBYE
WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS
WINTER MUSIC
The YOUNG WIDOW and the FIDDLE
ZOO SONG