{"id":2749,"date":"2016-05-21T08:27:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T08:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2749"},"modified":"2016-05-21T08:27:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T08:27:17","slug":"the-buck-the-nyeuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-buck-the-nyeuck\/","title":{"rendered":"The Buck , The Nyeuck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently a friend from the Blackwater Poets was diagnosed with Cancer, which we rarely refer to by name, preferring euphemisms such as “the buck, or “the big C”. This verse is dedicated to Gene and all cancer sufferers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Icon in St. Nicholas Church in Galway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The buck, the nyeuck, has run amuck
\nAppearing everywhere uninvited
\nLooking smug, acting the thug
\nHe thinks that folk can’t fight it…<\/p>\n

But we do and will, and shall until
\nWe defeat it in every form it takes
\nThrough the Medicine Man and every way we can
\nFor our children’s and those gones sakes!<\/p>\n

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Glossary:<\/p>\n

buck<\/strong> – male youth, of poor character
\nCancer was called “the big C” or “the buck” as was any illness folk did not want to mention by name.<\/em><\/p>\n

nyeuck<\/strong> – sniggerer, good for nothing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently a friend from the Blackwater Poets was diagnosed with Cancer, which we rarely refer to by name, preferring euphemisms such as “the buck, or “the big C”. This verse is dedicated to Gene and all cancer sufferers. The buck, the nyeuck, has run amuck Appearing everywhere uninvited Looking smug, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[1073,2852,2851,489,2850,65,2849,860,2854,2853],"class_list":["post-2749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-cancer","tag-cancer-suffers","tag-daffodil-day","tag-fight","tag-illness","tag-life-2","tag-sickness","tag-strenght","tag-the-big-c","tag-the-buck","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Il","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1143,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/poem-for-a-nyeuck\/","url_meta":{"origin":2749,"position":0},"title":"Poem for a Nyeuck","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th November 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A smart word for everyone And for strangers a disparaging look He sits making himself heard to all With a skit, hes known as the nyeuck. 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