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Bono responds after being mocked for 'cringe' St Patrick's Day poem ... (Irish Mirror)

Bono has responded to criticism of a 'cringe' St Patrick's Day poem he wrote for the United States House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi.

We stand with the people of Ukraine & their leader. This year the limerick is irregular & not funny at all. In a tweet on Thursday evening from the official U2 account, Bono wrote: ‘I’ve a tradition of sending a limerick to Nancy Pelosi's St. Patrick’s Day lunch over the years.

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Read in full: Bono likens Volodymyr Zelensky to St Patrick in special ... (Independent.ie)

Irish rock legend Bono has written a special poem, dedicated to the Ukrainian people and their inspirational leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

We stand with the people of Ukraine & their leader. This year the limerick is irregular & not funny at all. ‘I’ve a tradition of sending a limerick to— U2 (@U2) @SpeakerPelosi’s St. Patrick’s Day lunch over the years.

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Bono dubs Zelensky the new St Patrick in poem (RTE.ie)

U2 front man Bono has linked Saint Patrick's legacy to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a poem read by Nancy Pelosi at the annual Friends of ...

Is now the Ukraine Is now the Ukraine And Saint Patrick's name now Zelenskyy."

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Bono's poem about Russia Ukraine conflict is torn apart on Twitter (Sunday World)

A poem written by Bono about the Russia Ukraine conflict that was read out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday has caused a collective face-palm on ...

This year the limerick is irregular & not funny at all. Is he saying we are all one big family and Putin is no longer invited to dinner?" Is now the Ukraine

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'Don't read it': Ireland reacts to Bono's St Patrick's Day Ukraine poem (The Irish Times)

US house speaker Nancy Pelosi read his verse about the Ukraine war on St Patrick's Day.

“The Ukraine” is how Russians referred to that part of the country during the Soviet era, while “Ukraine” is its name as a sovereign state. We stand with the people of Ukraine & their leader.” Bono also said the poem “wasn’t written to be published”, but after much attention he released it on U2’s Twitter page. “Bono has been a very Irish part of our lives.” She then read the following poem from Bono, whose real name is Paul David Hewson, which reads like three limericks: Bono’s verse has been met with a wave of sighs, criticism and general bafflement online. Is now the Ukraine Is now the Ukraine

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Irish Twitter calls for sanctions against Bono for his St. Patrick's Day ... (IrishCentral)

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi went viral on St. Patrick's Day after reading a poem written by U2 frontman Bono which declared Ukrainian President ...

We stand with the people of Ukraine & their leader. This year the limerick is irregular & not funny at all. We stand with the people of Ukraine and their leader. The whole thing is unregulated. "After that Bono thing, I think we need to bring in licenses for poem-writing. Is now the Ukraine

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