File Under File (being the Irish word for bard) is a new addition to the Irish Echo which will feature the work of Irish American poets. If you wish to submit a poem for consideration, please email Louise Maguire at the Echo.
Where I Come From
I come from the emperor's gut wrench
Longing to return
From borderlands and contraband
And windswept empty strands
I come from whitewashed cottages
Crouched on treeless hills
Soft talk of lambs and bullets and bombs
And children became swans
From cattle boats and airplanes
From hunger strikes and famine
From the children of sweet Danu
And the butcher's apron shadow.
Charley Lavery, San Francisco
