Fate Finds Frank
Young Frank his mind had set To seek a living on the wild wild sea, His mother was set against it Saying, …
Who Are We Going to Fight Now
As the British left, one man in jest Asked “Who will we fight now”, All too soon was clear as many did …
Angels Cry for Gaza
Poets record history As only they could: Armed with pencils History written in their blood The bombs rain down All are guilty …
Sailing Up The Erne Towards Gowna
I turn into historic waters As I emerge from Foleys Cut and turn right That came from where my people are from …
Walking in Belturbet By Erne’s Side
From the well the calf it leaped As unwisely the widow chose For ease her load not too long to carry In …
The Water Gently Flows
Where once a torrent in the rain The water gently flows… All the moods and weathers of life That a river or …
Communion Shared Between Banagher and Polish Ukraine
Background – my mother worked with a Polish man Mikail Jaszczyn from the Polish part of Ukraine, from which they fled during …
The Custume of Ukraine
In memory of Vitaly Volodymyrovych – the Sgt Custume of out times. The Irishman who gave his life in Williamite War in …
The Big 100 My Father Never Got to See
Dad would have been one hundred today, if still alive. He would have enjoyed cashing the cheque from the President he often …
Turning the Big One Hundred – A North Longfordman Remembered
Dad would have been 100 if alive today. While he always said his date of birth was the 22nd as the “all …
How a Poet Can Avoid Divorce
The lady deep in her slumbers Was woken by her dear Whose reasons for wakind his beloved was not as romantic as …
The Music Lives On
The music lives on that Aisling played She lives on in the hearts she touched, the friends she made The children she …
The Well Drawing Mother of a Bishop!
“May you be the mother of a bishop!” An Irish “blessing”, depending on the context of the utterer At the well she …
The Years Creep Up
When I was walking the Slieve Blooms a decade back, I was a lot fitter than now – though far from fit!!! – and the hair was black with grey. Time passes, and its now white with black!!!
Every So Often a Book I See
Every so often a book I see That once I had upon my shelf Opposite the fireplace that would never draw Smoking …
Alternative Genesis and What Happened in Eden with the Apple
Once upon a time in the Garden of Eden God gave Adam and Eve a PC But banned them from the Apple …
The Carnmoney Vicar and the Devil
The vicar of Carnmoney was a greedy sort for money So the histories of the time of him tell The Devil spotted …
Remembering Bernard O’ Reilly, a Soldier of Australia and old Aughagreagh
Its a long way to Australia from old Aughagreagh, Where his family left from decades before And the ladies he laughed with …
Wedding Day for a Pashtun Girl
In learning to live she nearly lost her life Taught to world to love to learn Which is ignorant of a global …
A Nice Time of Year to Go
A nice time of year to go – So long ago, like yesterday – When the veil of life was at its …