Bang
Bang!, and your dead, Hands raised? Unseen. You did not comply, sorry you had to die… Wouldn’t have happened if home you …
Real Heros Never Boast, Being Dead
Silent they lie, neath clay, the slain… Speak not of deeds done, but remain In history, names unknown, Of battles fought, for …
Sometimes Pagans Are the Best Christians
Only now the wisdom keepers As they see themselves, they come And keep clear, and a watch, over These places, once sacred, …
Lady Godiva the Good
Lady Godiva the Good Decreed that ride through town she would As sure as that on the ground she stood Unless her …
I Wish Cows Would Say Hello, And Dogs Quiet Would Keep
While walking to Arvagh today, a cow jumped up and bolted in a field next to me and put the heart crossways …
Barbados Chest in a Molly Cottage
* Molly is a townland in North Longford, Ireland, where my great grandmother Margaret Drake (who married Michael O Reilly, she herself …
What Could Never Be
In half sleep, half dreaming Darkness fills the midnight sky Stars twinkle behind the clouds That hide them from my eye… She …
Snotgreen
Buck Mulligan: “The Bards noserag. A new art colour for our Irish poets: snotgreen. You can almost taste it, cant you?” Ulysses- …
Give to Me an Angry Sea
Give to me an angry sea When I am old, not strong like now And at my happiest I will be Should …
Shell Thrown Back to Sea
Beachhead made, image enhanced Sponsorship given, accepted, respectable Corporate politics greases hands Money makes all acceptable. Ethics over income, demand the crowd! …
Paris Doorway: Red Light
Young soldiers facing death worried not about sin when heading into battle, many of whom never had being in a relationship, and …
Distant City, Close Experience
Gaza and Granard, both experienced revenge attacks from insurgents activities, bar Gaza is on a greater scale than anything the Black and …
CastlePallooza Rocked in the Rain By the Tullamore Rhymers – Failing to Make Fermoy
It is with regret due to work commitments we failed to make the Fermoy International Poetry Festival and the Poetry Bus ran …
One Trick Pony
The one trick pony does its dance A dance we all enjoy But the other ponies that do more than dance It …
No Croppies They
No Croppies they to lie down At the conquerors command Will not walk the road the sidewalk to give To those who …
Immagine & Poesia – Volume 1 – Featuring Tomás Ó Cárthaigh launched online
Immagine & Poesia, the Italian – Welsh writers collective, has just published an online collection of poetry, the concept and edited by …
Ladies, Laugh Out Loud Among a Crowd
Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd It is not a sin to smile What kind of mind sinful would find The …
Gaza – a Ghazal
Cathleen ni Houlihan (1), she does not sleep tonight Her pains are over, but she thinks of another tonight Maiden pure, of …
Does Poetry Matter?
In an age of instant communication, where image and music is king, the question is often asked, does poetry matter? Judging by …
Thinking of Gaza as it Turns Midnight in Tullamore
“A common enemy makes friends of enemies” ~ Anon Ireland and Palestine have a shared experience, bar in Palestine its a returning …