That Beats Banagher
They want the horse fair banished from the streets to a field Where they believe all horses should be Their spirit contained, …
Being the Sacrificial Lamb at Amusings, Amazing night at Scene of the Rhyme, Getting our Breath back after Body and Soul
Next up is the Valentia Island festival – as we in the Tullamore Rhymers Club sort out our line up Im not …
The Donkey and the Thistle
“Shy but willing, like an ass at a thistle” Longford saying about a person interested but hesitant and afraid to pursue what …
Walking Edenmore Bog
Across this moor in fear they fled As marched their comrades were in the roads below The lucky were their comrades dead …
Jolly Freemasons Clarifications of Confusions
A humerus explanation of masonry, of which I am a member, which in typical Carty fashion causes more confusion than clarification! There …
This Is What Death Looks Like
The wild stare as his last breath His weakened lungs struggled to make A gaping mouth as to breath He tries, his …
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 …
Dutch Courage
All possibilities will reveal Themselves in the morning, waking Some will smile and what they find in bed Others in horror will …
God Is Not a Banker
This was written after the referendums we rejected were rerun… Votes cast ignored Desire to refer to electorate taken as affront This …
Before We Forgot
Before we forgot Thanks to dogma preached We worried not If sacrament we had reached Before sharing each other Neath the skies …
What Truth Lies Behind Irelands Tales?
The telling of each story on the listener casts a spell, They silent open mouthed listen to the tales the old folks …
Fairy Fort at Lough Gowna
Did they look as I walked Where tradition states one never should, Inside the round ditches of the fort, Perched above Loch …
The Cold Time, Between New Years
” Between the New Years, of the Druid, and of Rome, Evergreen garlands decorate the homes still, The spirit of the faith …
The Priest and the Playboy Magazine
In the clerics car, which the housekeeper was cleaning, A copy of Playboy was found, She assumed it was planted there by …
The Pope Rides to Longford, Raving to Leftfield, Becoming a Blacksmith at Body and Soul
Even by my standards, that’s quite a title, and takes some explanation of the Body and Soul experience this year… where I …
Charleston Yesterday and Today
God be with the days when it was but a dance When you thought of Charleston, in newsreels, Of crazy steps of …
Chapbook Collected – its off to Body and Soul we go!
Get it from Kindle – save the paper and the planet! [amazon asin=B00ZVX2M5W&template=add to cart] All set for #bodysoul2015 … heavy load. …
Banagher Horse Fair
I grew up in the town of Banagher, whose annual street horse fair is one of my favourite memories growing up. An …
The Arid Earth
The arid earth, the white man sees No water, reason of life And walks led by legend of inner sees Brings on …
There Is No Time for Art
Was at the Body and Soul festival doing a reading with my fellow Tullamore Rhymers, and this one got a good reception. …