Address to my Feathered Friend
When growing up in Banagher, the Willie Wagtail was one of my favourite birds. They nested regular in our garden and yard, …
I Said I’d Make a Voodoo Doll
This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of …
Native Man to the Sky Speaks
I am the native of this land Given to my forefathers by the Gods of old we then did know: The Wind, …
Breaching the Veil
Death creeps like a shadow and darkens our lives… In time the truth we see The shadow is cast by the unseen …
The Saving of Mankind – Some Vulgar Verse
In days of old when men were bold And chased dinosaurs with sticks The girls fair and not so fair Went for …
The Pearly Gates
I I was talking to a widow And she was telling the tale to me About one night in the moonlight Her …
Around the Web – September 2014
Around the web – just published is the newest edition of Billie Fidlin’s ezine Whisper n Thunder, which has a verse of …
Gene Barry in Tullamore – Writers Past, and Loved ones past on, remembered at “Scene of the Rhyme”
Gene Barry headed the bill at the September Scene of the Rhyme in Joe Lees Bar in Tullamore, which as usual featured …
His Pen Ran Dry
For the memory of Ivor Higg, R.I.P. His pen ran dry, as happens to every writer, The pool of ideas of the …
Babylon’s Tower Fell Down
Babylons tower fell down After angering god by Heaven trying to reach And so God toppled the tower Confused their tongues, a …
A Spirit Stands, Unheard, Unseen
A spirit stands, unheard unseen Watching over those he’s left behind, As on their knees their prayers they say With him upon …
A Fool, By Dreams, He Lives His Life
A fool, by dreams, he lives his life And wonders why nothing comes true Little he tries, as his life away he …
To See Her, To Love But Her, And Forever
Music and singing by Guillherme Schroeter. Words Tomás Ó Cárthaigh To see her was to love her The radiance of her smile …
I Heard Not
Knowth Passage tomb is a site of history, not alone of prehistoric times, but of the Normans who held a fort here …
Obituary – Ivor Hogg
The passing has happened lately of writer Ivor Hogg. Under the name of “Poeticpiers”, he wrote on WritersCafe.org and also on Arcanum …
Another Enemy Less For Enda – Trevor Murtagh Tribute, R.I.P.
Enda’s taking them down, one by one, on behalf of the EU and the Banks His cronies get commissioners jobs: Merkels way …
Scene of the Rhyme welcomes Gene Barry to Tullamore
Scene of the Rhyme features Blackwater Poets founder Gene Barry to Tullamore. Gene is the founder of the Fermoy International Poetry Festival, …
Hunger In a Land of Plenty
There was hunger in a land of plenty When the troops came for the grain To feed others, in a distant land …
And None Had Passed That Way Before
And none had passed that way before At least not for a while And for the walker these trees and fences Prove …
Bitter Bards Begrudgery
into the open of the war between those who, exam day, remembered and wrote down what the teacher told them and those …