[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 36 (Thursday, March 10, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E456]
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                         MIKE COLLINS--AT BEST

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 10, 2011

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, the following entry is a poem 
that was given at the Irish Embassy by the Democratic Caucus' Poet 
Laureate the Honorable Bill Pascrell. As we approach the ``Day'', I 
think it only fitting to submit Mr. Pascrell's work for the 
Congressional Record--in which he honors Ambassador Michael Collins and 
the Nation of Ireland.

                         Mike Collins--At Best

                 (By the Honorable Bill Pascrell, Jr.)

     Raising glasses to a white sky,
     Pausing . . . to look at twinkling eyes,
     In blue skies hemorrhaging avocado
     dreams of a homeland of Irish monks who saved Ireland--
     as Cahill wrote,
     indeed,
     saved the world . . .

     Raising glasses many times, with many chimes and voices clear
     And monks as advocates of avocadoes
     And prose to beat for Gaelic friends good cheer
     And
     Have no fear . . .

     Long live Ireland

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