A lone magpie was on Lough Atalia shore:
\nOne for sorrow, I looked for more,
\nAlas, no more were to be seen
\nBar this lone bird that had been
\nOn the grass, and now was in flight
\nUp into the trees and out of sight
\nThe only comfort that I could see
\nWas sorrows bird flew away in front of me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A lone magpie was on Lough Atalia shore: One for sorrow, I looked for more, Alas, no more were to be seen Bar this lone bird that had been On the grass, and now was in flight Up into the trees and out of sight The only comfort that I …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651],"tags":[391,1745,1746,1749,1748,1276,606,1747],"class_list":["post-1570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gander-around-galway","tag-galway","tag-lough-atalia","tag-magpie","tag-one-for-sorrow","tag-piseog","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-superstition","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-pk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1647,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/two-magpies-lough-atalia\/","url_meta":{"origin":1570,"position":0},"title":"Two Magpies – Lough Atalia","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"20th April 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Before me from the railtrack a magpie few Alone over the lake to trees Another for sorrow, of the piseog I thought: Superstition the mind does sieze! 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