War

by Adelaide Stewart

War cry

Bombs Four Courts 

Peace happiness

Treaty Freedom

Death lives

Ireland England

Civil Greed

England fight

Men fight

Women fight

Children cry

Families lose

Torn apart

Destruction unhappy

Sadness disagree

Cloud smoke

Weapons prison.

Written by Adelaide Stewart as part of Poetry as Commemoration workshops led by Lucinda Jacob in St. Matthew’s National School, Sandymount in May 2022.