Exceptional A Biographical Limerick Suite My Limericks : Irish by Badger_29 "May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead" Irish Proverb

{These stanza titles are Gaelic  words for the seven days of the week} Dé Luain An Irish lad from Reno,  wanted, but to grow: in body and mind, his life was designed, to grasp the oar and row! Dé Máirt He grew up fast, and strong, and before too long, he was laughing and skipping, slipping and tripping Then things began to go wrong Dé Céadaoin By the fire's light, he envisioned: her lurid indecision Inviting her in, she got under his skin So began this callous collision Déardaoin For her careless caress he yearned, but he slowly, subtly learned: That her love was electric, then things got hectic! Tumultuous tide, it turned, being badly burned, yet, to her, he returned Dé hAoine She took him for a ride, from her lure, he could not hide He began to weep, while losing sleep The path to her door was wide, feeling lost inside- crystal shard collide Dé Sathairn Then one day, rising early, feeling sprite and squirrely; for she had slipped away, in a mysterious way~ Sucked into a twisting swirly Dé Domhnaigh You see, life is like a river,  the current makes him quiver But Irish broke through, and you can too! (A lass, she's gone forever)   Recognized Author Notes Thanks to Google for the image. lurid: [loo r-id] adjective 1. gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident. 2. glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines. 3. terrible in intensity, fierce passion, or unrestraint: lurid crimes. 4. lighted or shining with an unnatural, fiery glow; wildly or garishly red: a lurid sunset. 5. wan, pallid, or ghastly in hue; livid. When I wrote this today, I could not help but notice it's seven stanzas (I count EVERYTHING), so I wanted to include seven Gaelic words, and decided on the days of the week. Happy St. Patrick's Day! There's a great little song in Irish (based on a folktale) called De`Luain, De`Mairt, in which a crippled man called Donal Bocht Cam (Poor, Twisted Donal) rescues a group of fairies from the monotony of singing Monday, Tuesday, Monday, Tuesday in Irish over and over by supplying the Irish word for Wednesday. Not every stanza is a pure Limerick, per se, but I pray that you will allow a bit of poetic license in my desire to add a few lines as I saw fit . . . The fairies reward Donal by removing the hump from his back and sending him on his way healthy and sound (not a typical result of encounters with Irish fairies, which tend, on the whole, to be rather unpleasant creatures!). You may never encounter a group of fairies stuck on repeat, but, if you're learning Irish (or thinking about learning it), it's always useful to know the days of the week (and how to use them properly). First, the basics If you simply need to recite the days of the week, here is what you would say: De Luain (Jay LOO-in): Monday De Mairt (Jay march): Tuesday De Cadaoin (Jay KAY-deen): Wednesday Deardaoin (JAY-ar-deen): Thursday De hAoine (Jay HEEN-yeh): Friday De Sathairn (Jay SA-ha-rin): Saturday De Domhnaigh (Jay DOH-nee): Sunday Brother Badger March 17th, 2017 St. Patrick's Day

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