The Poet Karen O Connor

That success in life comes to where it is due
Is something that only happens to be true
Poet Karen O Connor living in Tralee and born and raised in Millstreet
Against Ireland's best poets in Listowel with success did compete

Her poem 'The Bone Shop' Listowel Writers Festival poem of the year
And many more good stories of her we will read of and hear
A true poet and poets in the World as ever are few
To this you may say tell us something that is new

The best of Duhallow since Duhallow's laureate of rhyme
The great poet John Twomey and this is going back in time
For composing of great poetry Karen is famed and widely known
One can say of her she is in a class of her own

A young poet and many more successes will come her way
Up there amongst the best poets of Ireland today
Herself and Bernard O Donoghue Whitbread Poetry Prize winner from Cullen and renowned literary name
Between them have brought to Duhallow great poetic fame

In Karen O Connor's case a huge loss to Millstreet is surely Tralee's gain
That the top poets win the prestigious poetry prizes as a fact does remain
Ireland's poet of the moment a poetic elite
Karen O Connor the pride of  Tralee and the best of Millstreet.