Ode to Donal Og

[longrunsthefox]

by Colm Toibin   gay poet from Wexford... very moving   

Villanelle for Dónal Óg

The hurler said: I get more out of men
I love their buttocks and their hairy chests.
They get me going nine times out of ten.

I knew that I was not a straight guy when
Blokes became stayers and girls stayed guests.
The hurler said: I get more out of men.

As sure as priests intone the word 'amen'
As sure as young birds fly out from their nests
Guys get me going nine times out of ten.

I could be lonely with a pint of plain
Instead, I seized on what for me is best.
The hurler said: I get more out of men.

When skies are fierce and Sunday's lost to rain,
When I might feel like letting things go west,
They get me going, nine times out of ten.

It is not pasta, prayer, not coke, not zen,
I'll own what gives my game mouth-watering zest.
The hurler said: I get more out of men.
They get me going nine times out of ten

[Bud Wiser]

I have no fear of dogs,
but I can't stand the cat's,
the hurler said, I get more out of men,
but the Cat's always beat us, by nine points or ten.

[IolarCoisCuain]

Toibín is more of a novelist than a poet. As you can tell from reading his poem.

[Bud Wiser]

Donal Og don't like Cat's,
But Toibin is a goat,
and from what I've read,
he's neither novelist or poet !

[Hardy]

Tim McCarthy won the free,
Ben O'Connor took it.
Drove it long and high and wide,
Donal Óg said ... well dear me.

[unitedireland]

no need for him to be telling everyone about his sexlife you wouldnt c boys writing books about going at dolls in amsterdam. money grabber

[longrunsthefox]

no need for him to be telling everyone about his sexlife you wouldnt c boys writing books about going at dolls in amsterdam. money grabber

You could become a legend on this board    ...any other thoughts on contemporary issues?      ... Japan attacking Pearl Harbour perhaps

[HowAreYeGettinOn]

You could become a legend on this board    ...any other thoughts on contemporary issues?      ... Japan attacking Pearl Harbour perhaps