What Did the Neighbours in Nazareth Say?
When the body in the tomb was laid News of the crucifixion to Nazareth reached What did the neighbours in Nazareth say …
King Arthur on the High Seas
Among the sickness and slaughter as they sailed the wild water There was fun and frivolous games played by the sailors of …
Far from for Kiltartans Poor He Died
William Butler Yeats poems in memory of Major William Robert Gregory celebrate him as an Irish airman, not giving the fact that …
Men at the Door
The men came to the door, Some in uniform More not. The children crying, the mother too What could anybody do? The …
Celtic Tiger was Not By Poets Built
You cant build a house with words, you know – Chris McCormack Houses are not by words built They are by developers …
Abortions for Kittens
Verse needs rounding off better as I was unaware of “speying while pregnant”, which literally is abortions for kittens… I appended a …
Naked Protest at Derrycassin
April 20th 1847 Men, children and women with clothes cast away Came to Derrycassin door To protest and plunder for want of …
Lesson in History for Bob Geldof
I have a lot of time for Bob Geldolf, but his recent comments comparing the 1916 leaders to jihadis was insulting to …
Willie Rimes and the Crock of Gold
The morning after St Patricks Day the bould Willie awoke, “Jesus Mary and Joseph” where the first words he spoke, All thoughts …
The Circus Animals Liberation
My circus animals were all on show, Those stilted boys, that burnished chariot, Lion and woman and the Lord knows what The …
No Dancing Sun This Easter Morning
No dancing sun the Easter morning As the birds sing in the sky I sleepy look out at the dawn As the …
Keep Calm and Tango On
When the world with worry is gone crazy And its understandable to be so That its OK and again will be As …
Myths of Ireland Present
No more we talk of the Tuatha De Dannan Or the Danish fort dwelling Aos Si No more of the Pooka or …
Willie Rimes and the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
Willie Rimes was drinking the health of Saint Patrick And a show of himself he made When he decided to become the …
Plain of the Kings of Irelands Past
Some people wonder why I am so into supporting the turf cutters rights. My dad worked Blackwater Bog, where the order came …
1916 – War and Revolution
1916 – a year to most Remembered for slaughter of the Somme Youth sacrificed by generals incompetence Against the odds sent to …
Willie Rimes and the Masons Goat
Like many good men before him To join the local lodge our Willie did inquire The mystery of the rituals and the …
Stalking the White Deer
Bright Moon, she for her lover waits From the Hunt to her to return But he has not come with the skin …
Dogma Must Die
The death of dogma is the birth of morality. ~ Immanuel Kant Dogma, dogma, dogma… it must die For it is not …
All Is Fair in the War of an Election
Background – James Bannon of Fine Gael in Longford got questioned today by Garda (police) about removing voting leaflets belonging to Sinn …