Seeing Splinters as we Exit Level Five
We see the splinters in Americas eye Who from COVID19 have quarter of a million dead: Its smug to sneer Trump …
Envelope on the Floor at Christmas During COVID
To those who whom we do not write, It might be good to do so this year, For they may have no …
A Cry, Silent, In The Night
This little verse of faith I wrote some years back, and am putting online again. A cry, silent in the night, Taken …
Warning to Revolutionaries
Those who see the left as being anti family and of an agenda beyond workers rights see only those who took over …
Grateful to Vaccines
We today live no longer in fear, Of measles or the whooping cough, The mumps or chickenpox Because of vaccines at which …
Christmas Under COVID Lockdown in Ireland
We are hoping Ireland is not at Level 5 for Christmas, and that churches will be open for the Christmas. The verse …
The Waters Show No Mercy
Dedicated to the memory of Tom and Martin Oliver who lost their lives between Blackrock and Silver Strand yesterday. The waters show …
Leitrim of the Legends
“You’d think it was lovely if you didn’t know it” Said John Carty to John Carty one day… Though he loved the …
No Knocks on the Door at Halloween
For all those years, like the Grinch I was When all dressed up they’d be seen Going door to door looking for …
Driving to Dendermonde
I drove past fields where cattle grazed The roads were long and straight I looked at scenes familiar unfazed My mood melancholy …
Fireside Tales Told at Halloween
Stories of North Longford families, Of folk then dead and gone – Were told to me when I was young By those …
The Plague Paths are Fading Now
The plague paths are fading now That were worn by feet Of folk who sought to avoid The people that they would …
John Darrell Boyd – Elegy on an Deceased Airman
One of the few of your clan, you died… Who fought in so many wars over the years – Your young bride, …
Reading a take on memory from a fellow North Longford writer
John Connell is from outside my families home village of Ballinalee. Author of “The Cow Book” – which was given a different …
We Are All Wanderers
Inspired by quotes from John Connell, author of “The Running Book”, who said to see our way through troubles including COVID19, we must never forget the beauty in life.
One Crown Murder Among Many
Remember them and don’t forget, Who in Ninety Eight there died, Murdered by troops of the British Crown, On orders, for which …
To Find Peace
I lived by a roaring river, Then beside a tumbling stream, Then beside a placid canal, Thought to live beside the sea …
Price of a Life in the Land of the Free
As the world is up in arms over the death of George Floyd, let us reflect on the alleged crime he is deemed guilty of, passing a dud $20 bill. Yes, he had a history – drug abuse and violent crime – which he did his time for, serving his debt to society. It doesnt mean he had to die for such a crime, unproven, just alleged.
Drumshambo: July 12th
The dead from the Great Hunger, with no names, lie and are remembered. The Orangemen, for all their pomp, their names are …
Grey Skies Over Aughrim
Grey skies over Aughrim: Fields peaceful and green, That knew terror and bloodshed Where battle had been. But now only cows graze …