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When Man Plays God

China had a campaign using the best science of the time to kill vermin, most notably the sparrow, and a plague of …

Morning Caw of the Jackdaw

The jackdaws call in the morning Before the sun streaks the sky From tree, or other perch, loud it echos We listening, …

Bee Conversations

By some believed, when one had died, the bees had to be told Or umbridge taken, they would leave, not liking being …

A Cat and I

Next door to our house in Banagher was McIntyre (then it was Deanes), and one of their cats was up a tree …

No Money in Saving Lives

The world in places a desert Where water does not flow, Water flows down so deep Where no mere well drilling rig …

Two Dogs Having An Argument

By a pole scratching fiercely At another it starts to bark To be met with more doggy abuse Not heard since the …

Queen Bee and the Drones

She flies higher, the queen bee, on the dance of death, of lust and love Till she burns out the drones who …

Where Man Is No Master

Where man has not touched, is in its own way today a corner of Eden…

Merlin Woods – Spring Morning

The castle watches over landscape changed By mans creation, not the acts of war like before As in former times, this land …

Little Lake, Big Dreams

The little lake, water lapping, little future Local lads, big dreams and ambitions Far away fields were greener than the stoney ones …

When the Sun Is A Weathercaster

Half set, the sun, at death of day Fills the sky with the red of blood The colour of life of a …

Sleeping Neath a Nipple

While climbing the Paps in Kerry some years back with writer Derek Fanning, I took a nap under the Cairn on the …

Address to my Feathered Friend

When growing up in Banagher, the Willie Wagtail was one of my favourite birds. They nested regular in our garden and yard, …

Neath Trees I Sit And Think A Bit

Neath trees I sit and think a bit As the noon day scorching sun He who with energy was fired is now …

Tenalach

Tenalach – what makes us one with nature: Alleged, is an Irish word: What makes us feel a part of it, As …

Give to Me an Angry Sea

Give to me an angry sea When I am old, not strong like now And at my happiest I will be Should …