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Roisin Dubh (black rose)

Born of emerald's fire,
with passion in his eyes,
to this champion we aspire,
rallies hope unto the skies.

Mystical, and magical,
romantic, poet's song,
merciful, and radical,
gentle soft, and strong.

Lifts our hearts with music beat,
shares moments for a while,
warms us with his tender greet,
embrace us with his smile.

Who is this man of mystery,
of dark, and ruddy skin,
who tells us all of history,
and fables from within.

We hear your words resounding,
in troubled times you sing,
the memories still abounding,
of rock your still the king.

Your music lives forever,
And your word's ring strong, and true,
forget me not, never,
were still in love with you.
 
Big Alzer.
— big-Alzer, May 15, 2009

About This Poem

About the Author

Region, Country: RUGBY UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Phil Lynott, Gary moore, some Yeats, Wordsworth, C.S.Lewis, and Scripture from the Bible

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Critiques

Rett

Rett

17 years ago

Hey Al

Greatr write Al. Beautiful even. A few grammatica errors as follows but good read! Born of emerald’s fire, with passion in his eye’s,(eyes) this champion we aspire, rallies hope unto the skies. Mystical, and magical, romantic, poet’s song, merciful, and radical, gentle soft, and strong. Lifts our heart’s with music beat,(hearts) shares moments for a while, warms us with his tender greet, embrace us with his smile. Who is this man of mystery of dark, and ruddy skin, who tell’s us all of history,(tells) and fable’s from within. We hear your words resounding in troubled times you sing, the memories still abounding, of rock your still the king. Your music live’s forever,(lives) And your word’s ring strong, and true, forget me not, never, were still in love with you. Respectfully, Rett: "God made an idiot for practice, then he made a school board." Mark Twain For the sake of children, read this. http://www.neopoet.com/node/19905
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years ago

Hi Al.

The true form is actually Róisín Dubh, but I know Neopoet is sometimes a dog on its formatting. I see my buddy Rett has already mentioned the couple of grammatical snags. Still and all, a terrific write. ~Jess K. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Until that ‘morrow render unto me That which is mine my stipend well deserved The fairest flower of your progeny Your sons, your daughters your hopes and your dreams The cruel consequence of your conceit" - Steve Earle
Geezer

Geezer

17 years ago

Black Rose

Rett and I.D. have already taken care of the grammatical stuff,so I am free to say that this is one of your better poems,without going into that. I can just say that I really liked this one. You have given your hero great homage! I will look up this Black Rose and read some about him. Good job Al! Gee.