Rattling Buckets Cant Be Seen
A boy, an errand, and a bucket of beer … A drain, a death, and now a ghost does appear … A …
This Could Be 1939 Again
“This Could Be 1939 Again” Czech Roma refugee, a friend of mine, who will remain nameless, circa 1998 The flames of fate …
Scene of the Rhyme @ F-15 Festival
Scene of the Rhyme perform spoken word @ F-15, The Foundation Arts festival held yearly in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Featuring Richard Brennan, …
Good Boys and other Blaggards
Bucks and nyeucks read books in nooks Of history, language and culture told Lewd jokes, vetted new comrades in diviment For adventures …
The Muses Café
Easons on Dublins O’ Connell Street has a Cafe called Muses… appropiate for a bookshop! While there, looking at pictures of now …
She Loved Not Him Who Her Father Chose
A poem I wrote some years back, on love, a disapproving family, and a tragedy of murder and suicide! which I now …
New Year, New Start, All Folks the Same
New year, new start, all folks the same No matter what land or tradition from which they came So close to Samhain, …
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, …
Willie Rimes At the Quare Horse Fair
We think there was one lawbreaker at the 2015 Banagher Horse Fair.. of course it would have to be that pal of …
The Old Bond Store Ghost
ghost tale from Tullamore retold in verse, first told by Walter Burke, former leasee of the bar in the Tullamore Dew Heritage …
“The Window Crisis” and “The Miracle of the Porch”
This article first appeared in the 2014 edition of the “Banagher Review” Dad was a handyman in his spare time… handy to …
Plastic Bag: Ballinamuck
Walking in to the village of Ballinamuck last year, I saw a lone plastic bag blowing in the street. A once more …
This Too Shall Pass – #zenquote #zen
Elyane S. Youssef writes for Elephant Journal, and one article of zen quotes caught my eye, and I wrote a series of …
Monks Who Have Never Loved Will Never Understand
“How can you suffer because of something that doesn’t exist?” ~ Buddhist Monk Elyane S. Youssef met in Nepal Read her article …
Veil Through Which We All Pass
Recently a friend of mine passed, Victor Mather, who I knew from a world beyond politics, in which he was very active …
Saintjohnstown – So Beautiful A Name
My mother grew up outside the Longford village of Ballinalee. She always said she preferred the English name on it, St. Johnstown… …