The Last Handshake
Closed as begun in brotherly love In harmony home our ways we make Little think regarless of each others age This just …
Death of a Fisherman – Mohsin Fikri R.I.P.
“Whoever kills a person [innocent person]…it is as though he has killed all mankind. And whoever saves a life, it is as …
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 …
Worshiping God Among Nature
We know of the mass rocks where Irish Catholics met to worship in Cromwellian and Penal times to avoid arrest or murder …
Willie Rimes and the Ghost of a Girl
Willie was drinking – as he always does – all day in the bar He saw a fine looking girl eyeing him …
No Handshakes Offered at the Most Tragic Funerals
Dedicated to and in memory of those who killed themselves as they could not cope with austerity and banks taking their houses. …
Ambush At Dooney Rock
When we come at the end of time, To Peter sitting in state, He will smile on the three old spirits, – …
The Hair Brained Fight the Hair Braiders
One arm of Galway City Council commissioned a derelict wall to be painted by a professional graffiti artist as the 2020 City …
Death Comes Calling
Chicken Little of the modern age “The sky is falling” the media rage They follow him through the darkest wood He knows …
Flanagan and the Lampost
Based on the story of an unfortunate from Kinnitty who got arrested trying to fight a lampost, got arrested, and told everyone …
Fighting the Black Snake
“If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster.” ~Hopi prophecy The Keystone XL pipeline is just one of …
Marching Again for Water – 2016 Banagher Horse Fair a Great Success – Readings from the Pallet postponed – the annual Pilgrimage to Banagher
Around this time of the year there are three things on the agenda, the Banagher Horse Fair, the annual Readings at the …
This Could Be Ireland Through Which Im Passing
On a train journey from Macedonia into Serbia back in 2010, at the border crossing we entered the Presevo Valley. Reflecting on …
At St. James Tramstop, Dublin
They sit there drinking across the track Talking loudly, drunkenly swaying The man looks like on on smack And I hear snatches …
Enda and Angela and the Apple of Eden
Enda was hungry having thrown his food away Angela was giving him nuts and berries every day But it was not free, the food …
Red Sky at Dawn in Ballybrit
Birds on the street eat litters breakfast buffet The crows and jackdaws take to the sky in fright Seagulls braver are tardy …
The Fourth Funnel
Proud men of Belfast built her Rivets driven blow by blow Built with inner savage pride Workers today seldom know… And from …
Flocon de Neige
Dans une tempête de neige, je me suis déjà trouvé Avec les champs et les arbres tout blancs autour Habillé de noir …
Снежинката
В снежна буря попаднах ведъж С поля и дървеса покрити в бяло Черни рокли върху този бял килим Бавно вървях в бледа …
Hens Plan a Holiday in Scotland
“Thats a hens journey to Scotland” ~ North Longford saying (proverb) Irish Folklore Commission The hens had heard by fluttering word To …