Dont Kill the Plants
Background: The calamity that is Carty, no matter how bad his DIY (which is worse than my cooking!), the only thing worse …
Walking Under Edenmore Hill
Random scattered shades of brown, Rarer yellows, more common black hues, What was once a trickle a torrent is now, Rain falls …
Beauty Passed, and Yet Still Beautiful
Beauty passed, and yet still beautiful, Walls crumble, slaves to time, build long ago The rhubarb that once here grew I ate, …
To Be, Or Not To Be A Bee
What a horrid life it seems to me, To be the drone, a male bee, Who lives for love and lust alone …
Lettera D’amore
Cara mia, ti voglio bene… “My darling, I love you The words to her I wanted to say But I never did, …
I As Solomon, Seek My Shulem Maiden
Where art thou gone, maiden fair That I as mine desired to be But I was as the army last time we …
My Heart Will Not Keep Her Warm
My heart will not keep her warm Nor will it keep her dry But in my heart shell have a home Until …
Willie Rimes Meets His Valentine
The bould Willie Rimes, the love of his life, a lot of Russian chaps, an empty bank account, couple of cops and …
Four Letters Long: The Biggest Words
“Love was biggest word, the hardest to write” – Seamus Heaney The biggest words, four letters long: not in what they are:But …
Ogham Kenning
A “kenning” is a piece of poetry or prose used to remember the order of letters, alphabets or similar lists. A is …
Smiles Can Hide a Million Tears
Smiles say more than a thousand words, By some folk it is said, But some hide the falling of a million tears …
The Life Of Reilly’s Grandson
Reilly was the name of my Granny Though Molly was not her name Of Reillys they were many So they were known …
Dont Curse The Rain
Don’t curse the rain as it falls, Strives to spoil your walk, Rather, thankful for it let you be, When of the …
Upwardly Mobile
The closest we get To being the one percent is To die for their wars.
When Lost Among Nettles
When lost amongst nettles ye’ll find if ye search, my stone of remembrance is marked with an Arch Life, the world, its …
2013 – What a year for Tullamore Rhymers Club
Its been quite a year for the Tullamore Rhymers Club, with December fitting in a couple of unplanned events as the members …
Idle Thoughts While Walking in Sligo
There is little in lapping waves here where I walk, And mountains tall loom over houses, Neath a grey sky that fortells …
Christmas Eve at the Hospital
Everybody was getting drowsy, drinking coffee to keep awake, Planning to get kebabs and chips, eating biscuits to beat the band, Idly …
Gates to the Gods
Gates to the gods, the people flocks, To worship at the waters pure, To leave tokens, offerings there… Take home some water …
Windmills Wave at the World in Wonder
Childlike waving, standing, live scarecrows, In excited fury and the breeze grows, Arms spinning wildly, and then slow, According as the wind …