TIM FINNEGAN’S WAKE
by David B. Lentz
From "Bloomsday: The Bostoniad" and
"Bloomsday: A Tragicomedy"
When God reeled in good auld Tim Finnegan,
And looked into his green Irish peepers,
Said He, “Now, what was I thinkin’?
Poor lad, he ain’t one of the keepers.”
To hell Tim descended without any fear,
To the devil, whom not much is lost on,
Said he, ”I’m sure you’ll be comfortable here,
Among all your old friends from South Boston.”
Tim’s jokes night and day caused Satan to swear,
As migraines crept behind blood red eyelids,
“An eternity with you is just too much to bear.
You’re going home to your wife and your nine kids.”
So up pops Tim at his wake from his casket.
“It can’t be,” went a howl from his wife.
When he belched the sea from his own breadbasket,
Said she, “Someone, hand me a knife.”
Now Tim’s fishing off George’s Banks
Catching codfish, haddock and hake.
The happiest folk in town to give thanks,
Is John Hancock for Finnegan’s wake.
Finn’s now a legend among life underwriters,
In Beantown and all over the States.
In him beats the heart of a fighter.
Sad to hear how they increased his rates.
Finn’s tale is best told with a dram of Jameson.
You’re entitled to whatever sense you can make.
Just cause you’re dead, it don’t mean you’re gone.
You may take comfort in Finnegan’s wake.
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Collected Verse
by David B. Lentz
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"His pixilism is a sort of 21st century, digital metaphor that has similarities to French Impressionist paintings. Each sentence represents an idea, image or treatment of the big picture."
--Redding Pilot, May 2010
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"Lentz's approach to writing is soul driven."--The Weston Forum, May 2010
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Simple, elegant, original poetry about life in a gloriously beautiful, New England town on the coast of Long Island Sound with color photos. The poetry portrays everyday life in Old Greenwich in seeking sea glass, Back Country stone walls, equestrian pursuits, village life, views from walking the shores of the Sound and true love. The full-color photography is tender, evocative and adds depth to the lyrical voice of the poetry.
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Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, David B. Lentz graduated from Bates College and has written professionally for more than 35 years for global, financial corporations. He has lived in Boston's Back Bay, the Garden District of New Orleans and Philadelphia's Main Line. Currently, he resides with his family in Greenwich, CT. In addition to Old Greenwich Odes, Lentz has published six literary novels - For the Beauty of the Earth, AmericA, Inc., Bloomsday, Bourbon Street, The Day Trader and The Silver King. For the Bloomsday Centenary, he wrote a tragicomic stage play, as an American sequel to James Joyce's Ulysses, entitled Bloomsday. He has served Bates College as an Alumnus-in-Admissions, the Bates College Club, the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Ad Club, the Philadelphia Mayor's Council for Literacy, Stamford-Greenwich Literacy Volunteers of America, Healing the Children (Board), Midnight Run for New York City Homeless, Hurricane Katrina JazzAid: New Orleans (Founder): Hope + Heroes Children's Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick's Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and St. Paul's Chapel as a Volunteer at Ground Zero. He is a member of the Academy of American Poets.
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Simple, elegant, original poetry about life in a gloriously beautiful, New England town on the coast of Long Island Sound with color photos. The poetry portrays everyday life in Old Greenwich in seeking sea glass, Back Country stone walls, equestrian pursuits, village life, views from walking the shores of the Sound and true love. The full-color photography is tender, evocative and adds depth to the lyrical voice of the poetry.
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Excerpted limerick entitled "Tim Finnegan's Wake" is both from the novel, "Bloomsday: The Bostoniad," and the stage play, "Bloomsday: A Tragicomedy," which are written as the American sequel to James Joyce's "Ulysses."
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