Earlier today, Speaker Of The House Nancy Pelosi declared that at today’s Annual Friends Of Ireland Luncheon, she would be reading “reading a poem written by Bono about Ukraine.”
Initially, Dan Evon of Snopes speculated Pelosi meant she would be reading a poem by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, which U2 shared on Twitter earlier this month. That proved not to be the case, though, as the publication confirmed with Pelosi’s spokesperson that the Speaker did actually plan to read a new poem penned by the U2 singer. Now, that reading has taken place and Twitter users have plenty of hilarious thoughts about it.
Speaker Pelosi reads #StPatricksDay poem by Bono, which reads in part:
“Ireland’s sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
And Saint Patrick’s name now Zelenskyy.”She then introduces Riverdance. pic.twitter.com/NzPY1VP2bN
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 17, 2022
Pelosi noted the Irish musician and philanthropist sent her the poem this morning and it references St. Patrick’s Day and the ongoing situation in Ukraine. The poem concludes, “Ireland’s sorrow and pain / is now the Ukraine / and St. Patrick’s name now Zelenskyy.”
After the reading, Bono became a trending topic on Twitter as users came in hot with jokes. One wrote, “Just to let the Russians know, if the Bono poem doesn’t work, we’ve got a celebrity rendition of Imagine over Zoom that we can roll out.” Another quipped, “Between Bono’s poem and the TikTok dancers, Putin is toast.”
Just to let the Russians know, if the Bono poem doesn’t work, we’ve got a celebrity rendition of Imagine over Zoom that we can roll out.
— . (@twlldun) March 17, 2022
Between Bono’s poem and the TikTok dancers, Putin is toast.
— Eric Matheny
(@EricMMatheny) March 17, 2022
Some users even speculated what they thought the poem would be:
My name is Bono
Russia invading Ukraine is wrong-o
It’s St. Patrick’s Day
Can’t we all get along-o pic.twitter.com/IoSKDy55U4— 𝔅𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔣 ℜ𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔶 (@clevelandreaper) March 17, 2022
I was given an advance preview of the poem Bono wrote about Ukraine that Nancy Pelosi will be reading later today. Here it is: pic.twitter.com/eOIyaHdJlr
— Jake Fogelnest (@jakefogelnest) March 17, 2022
Check out some more reactions below.
Pelosi getting most of the way through Bono’s poem about Ukraine before realizing it’s the “King of Queens” theme song
— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) March 17, 2022
nothing can prepare you for what Bono’s St Patrick’s Day poem about Ukraine actually is, or what it is the opening act for https://t.co/bW7rnkxb1Z
— Dan O’Sullivan (
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I am thinking about how Bono feels that when something happens in the world around St Patrick’s Day, it’s time for him to send a poem about it to Nancy Pelosi to read I guess
— Dan O’Sullivan (
Yes, hello, Irish Consulate? I’d like to report a crime. It does involve Bono, yes. How did you- Yes, I’ll hold https://t.co/U33dZSUWPE
— Meghan Ball (@EldritchGirl) March 17, 2022
too bad there’s not a rich ukrainian literary tradition she could have chosen from but bono is just as good https://t.co/g3stVmeNVy
— Seva (@SevaUT) March 17, 2022
reading a poem by bono about the importance of congressmen trading stocks
— man it’s a hot zone, (@Mobute) March 17, 2022
“poem by Bono” will be my official cause of death
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) March 17, 2022
Fuck’s sake. I know Putin’s a cunt but unleashing Bono’s poetry on him is surely a war crime. https://t.co/H4DEtRgUYC
— Flippin Eck Tucker (@losttourist) March 17, 2022
