By Amanda Pizzolatto
Good luck charms and three-leaf clovers
Seeing the color green plastered all over
With hints of gold for leprechaun treasure
And kegs of beer for clurichaun pleasure
Orange and white complete the Irish flag
And a Celtic cross on the rest of the swag
This is just a taste of a vibrant culture
For history and myth make up the structure
Of a people strong, brave, and true
Some used to cover themselves in blue
A tradition seen as barbaric to some
But a tradition only mentioned by one
Yet on this day we celebrate a great man
One who converted all of Ireland
He who banished the snakes to the sea
Used the shamrock for the Holy Trinity
And got that Easter fire burning bright
Unable to be extinguished during the night
Which opened many an Irish eye
To the wonder and might of God on High