Tonight's Poet Corner: Éireann

Éireann
by Belinda Roddie

"Sláinte!" says Ulster.
"Sláinte!" Munster cries.
"Sláinte!" shouts Leinster.
"Sláinte!" she replies.
The tipping of the pint glass and the
tripping of the tongue.
One word can sound so different in
one country when you're young.

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