Poetry Friday: Feelings Inspired Me To Write about a Centuries-Old Irish Jail

Our trip to Ireland inspired some poetry, just as I was hoping it would. But, the subject matter is a surprise.

© Carol Labuzzetta, 2024.

It’s Poetry Friday and crazy to think that our Ireland trip was almost a month ago already. If you want to know what Poetry Friday is check out this explanation by children’s author and poet Rene La Tullippe.

I’ve started to write some poems about our experience there — one focused on The Burren landscape, one on Killarney, and one on the Gaol in Dublin. None are ready to share yet. The one on Gaol (jail) is the best of the lot and might even be publishable if I brush it up a bit.

I would say that the poems are from what made an impression on me during our trip. I am always inspired by nature and can share a haiku I wrote. The Burren is an unusual landscape, otherworldly, in fact, and worth some description in a poem.

Isn’t that what poetry is? Inspiration turned into words?

I think it’s part of it, at least.