Seeing Beneath the Surface at Tullamore’s “SCRATCH” Gallery
Tullamore’s latest artistic endeavor is the brainchild of self proclaimed blow in Richard Brennan, the SCRATCH Gallery in Tullamore Library. The concept …
Carty’s Last Supper
They gathered around the table, and looked upon the fare, It looked alright in the darkened light to all assembled there, There …
Where ever I leave my pen… is my Creative Space
Some people have an area to go to,where they have the time and the peace to write. I, if Ive an idea, …
Elegy – Sweet Afton
It was just another brand Just another cigarette Nothing of which to be proud Or noteworthy, but yet To those who with …
Kid in a Cart in Kosovo
This poem is a few years old. To this day, there are still Roma, Egyptian and Ashkali families in lead polluted homes, …
Words Written at the Door of the Robin Gill Cottage
Today, none fear death, bar those that flee, From the aim of a hunters gun, Mere deer, who shadows make among the …
Windmills and the Don Quixote of the Modern Age
He rides again, against the windmills, Or at least his children do… Modern day Don Quixote’s Who to their cause are true. …
Matchsticks in the Wind
Mankind, and what we build, In the rage of nature, no matter how strong, Or how big, but matchsticks in the wind, …
Walking the Line
In the cold hard days of winter, hours long, and the sun no more does shine, Workers resolved to fight for fair …
War and Poppies
In Flanders fields, and Kandahar, In deepest Afghanistan, Poppies bloom, the Flowers of War, Blossom of the Savagery of Man. In the …
I Blame It All On TESCO
(or how men lost their status in relationships) When dinosaurs walked tall on earth, And Tesco was yet to be… Women who …
The Watchers Awake Who Angered Their Master
They waited for their master And on sight called his name But the master was not happy When to his home he …
Killala Man, Remembered
He never went home. We know not his name… A man from Mayo… we pass where he sleeps, He who died for …
The Bodhran and the Goat
The neighbors met in each others houses, to visit for a while Every house had its turn for maybe five or so …
The Longford Ark
http://www.donedeal.ie/windows-for-sale/boat/5856940 This is a real advertisement from Donedeal… inspired the doggerel verse below. Only in Longford!!! It rains so much in Longford, …
Raining Cats at Halloween
Its raining cats and dogs, I thought to myself, As I walked down in the rain… As a cat is seemed to …
Tyler from Beyond the Grave
Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias …