Irish iris
Irish Iris smiles her dances
Skirling with a rainbow velvet
Slippers glimmered
Now in purple
Next in chances
Glinting gold
When she curves her wrists and curtsies
Glowing daffodils appear
Dew-soft pansies
Kitten faces
Erin’s mercies
Yet untold
Silky taffeta in ribbons
Tossing kite-like in the twirl
Falling gem-bright
Wink in lanterns
As her rhythms
Waltz and fold
Irish Iris dancing, smiling
Rainbow velvet skirled about
Glimmered slippers
Purple now
Chanced beguiling
Glinting gold
When she curtsies, wrists out-curving
Daffodils appear aglow
Pansies, dew-soft
Faced by kittens
Mercies turning
Yet untold
Ribboned taffeta in silks
Kite-like in a twirl are tossed
Gem-bright, falling
Lanterns winking
Rhythm blinks
To waltz and fold
Iris Irish, shamrock’s daughter
Gypsy’s grandchild
Dances smiles
Tossing gem-hues
In her laughter
Blurring rainbows
Glinting gold.
Skirling with a rainbow velvet
Slippers glimmered
Now in purple
Next in chances
Glinting gold
When she curves her wrists and curtsies
Glowing daffodils appear
Dew-soft pansies
Kitten faces
Erin’s mercies
Yet untold
Silky taffeta in ribbons
Tossing kite-like in the twirl
Falling gem-bright
Wink in lanterns
As her rhythms
Waltz and fold
Irish Iris dancing, smiling
Rainbow velvet skirled about
Glimmered slippers
Purple now
Chanced beguiling
Glinting gold
When she curtsies, wrists out-curving
Daffodils appear aglow
Pansies, dew-soft
Faced by kittens
Mercies turning
Yet untold
Ribboned taffeta in silks
Kite-like in a twirl are tossed
Gem-bright, falling
Lanterns winking
Rhythm blinks
To waltz and fold
Iris Irish, shamrock’s daughter
Gypsy’s grandchild
Dances smiles
Tossing gem-hues
In her laughter
Blurring rainbows
Glinting gold.