Long May Horses Shit the Streets
Horses and ponies, dealers and wheelers The street is a farmyard for a day… Dreamers and schemers, thinkers and drinkers Everyman is …
911 – A Tribute Poem
The War on Terror is the wrong response to 911, which I dont believe to be a conspiracy as circulates on the …
The Ride
Getting cleaned up to get dirty The lecherous to the uptight Young folk, auld folk, all folk Hoping to score tonight. Getting …
Cute Hoor Councillors vs Artists Minding their Own Arses – Debating the One Per Cent For the Arts Scheme
The issue of public funding for the arts, in a time of austerity, has been a hot topic in the bars and …
Saint Rynagh’s Church Bell
The bell is ringing in the distance As to all it spells the time I turn over so I can sleep And …
Video Poetry
Video poetry is a genre Tomás Ó Cárthaigh has been working in for the past few years, with a selection online on …
Battle of Bloody Banks
There is an Ulster saying “Dont dig too deep” into family backgrounds, as you would never know what you might find, and …
Hands Clasped Of Those Beside Us
Among the hate and fear we see Daily, in our lives and on TV: Somewhere the message of God is lived out …
Other People Set the Options, We Must Choose
This poem was inspired by an interview with Colonel Colm Mangan of the Irish PDF, on his retirement. He told of working …
The Sleeping Sentry
The dog sleeping on the doorstep Keeps the cats away For they cant enter while hes there And upon the couches play. …
Yearn Not For Yesterday
Ah, yes, in times gone by All, it was far better then A time of chivalry and ceremony A time of ladies …
Dust Settles in Gaza
The dust settles in Gaza Peace breaks out, uneasy… It is hoped to last… Gut feels are true, mine queasy… Proved all …
Its shaping up to be a busy Septemnber in 2014 for the Tullamore Rhymers Club, with Scene of the Rhyme on tonight, … → 28th August 2014
Tenalach
Tenalach – what makes us one with nature: Alleged, is an Irish word: What makes us feel a part of it, As …
Shed, Undrawn, Ballinamuck
I seek to draw a picture here A shed, roof caving in, Its gable end seen through the door By the artist …
Dignified Silence
Dignified silence on the broad issue of abortion is not something that I am known for, has led to accusations of sexism …
Innocence Died a Thousandth Death
She was the first of the age of innocence, The hundredth overall, Daily her father grieving Came to talk to her on …
Bloody War of Romance
It died at birth, not that it lived Just a notion, foolish, a man Has to dream, to live, to desire But …