A Piper's Farewell

A blues poem with the same rhyme scheme as Langston Hughes's 'Weary Blues'. Unlike blues poems of the south this one takes place in Ireland

Put down the urn and open the bar,
All that are here should raise up a jar,
Cry Faugh A Ballagh, cry clear the way
And toast sweet piper Padraig Macgill
With the frothy black magic that Guiness distills

Drink to sweet Padraig and pause between sips
tell the tales of his daring, bring praise to our lips.
The dangers he faced consumed his whole life.
This friend and this neighbour told his stories in turn
While he sat on this stool at the bar, in front of this urn.

Reviews

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Very nice !! I fitting tribute to the dearly departed Padraig Macgill. I think we might all like to be taken out for one last night "on the town" in this fashion.

Nice tribute to Poet Hughes as well.

[Jack Dawkins]

Thank you. I think that it would be my favorite funeral, put me in an Urn set me on the bar and sit down and remember the good and bad times we had.
I went to an Irish wake once they held the Urn out in front of them so he was the first one in the bar and at closing time he was held out in front and they backed out of the bar. He was the last one out. "And may he be in heaven fore the devil knows he's dead."