War and Poppies
In Flanders fields, and Kandahar, In deepest Afghanistan, Poppies bloom, the Flowers of War, Blossom of the Savagery of Man. In the …
I Blame It All On TESCO
(or how men lost their status in relationships) When dinosaurs walked tall on earth, And Tesco was yet to be… Women who …
The Watchers Awake Who Angered Their Master
They waited for their master And on sight called his name But the master was not happy When to his home he …
Killala Man, Remembered
He never went home. We know not his name… A man from Mayo… we pass where he sleeps, He who died for …
The Bodhran and the Goat
The neighbors met in each others houses, to visit for a while Every house had its turn for maybe five or so …
The Longford Ark
http://www.donedeal.ie/windows-for-sale/boat/5856940 This is a real advertisement from Donedeal… inspired the doggerel verse below. Only in Longford!!! It rains so much in Longford, …
Raining Cats at Halloween
Its raining cats and dogs, I thought to myself, As I walked down in the rain… As a cat is seemed to …
Tyler from Beyond the Grave
Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias …
The Headless Horseman Rides At Night
The headless horseman rides at night The story the locals tell From Charleville walls is seen the sight Of the spectre from …
Let Us Now Gather Together the Bust Bag of Feathers
After the “they steal babies” press in Ireland will the press devote as musch time and column inches to publicising that the …
Woe to the Conquerer
Faith and flag displayed, crimson flowed, Vanquished, the foe is fallen, subdued The conqueror to Regent and God dedicates This lands, these …
We Are All Greeks Now
The world it is but waters deep Churning, and but fish we are, and small And the bigger eat the smaller The …
The Death of Betsy Gray
Oh, Erin mourns a daughter Who was tragically cut away A Scot of Ulster who for Ireland Was killed one fateful day …
The Silent Diner
The mouse from his mouse hole peeped Cautiously to see If there danger lurked about As in a cat who’d eat a …
The Sad Broken Little Clock
There was a little clock That could not tell the time It could not keep the pace And could not ring or …
Dancing Girl – Chasing Mammon
“Keep your mind on the money, keep your eyes on the wall” – Tina Turner “In Japan, dance is an art form. …
In Stone, Should His Name Be Set
Carve his name, place in stone each letter, To do so… now it is the time… The call, a campaign to start, …
“Pop Up Poetry” at Culture Night 2013
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~POETRY POPS UP AT CULTURE NIGHT IN TULLAMORE, IRELAND ~~~~~~~We had in Tullamore Rhymers Club, for the Culture Night event, what we …
There Are No More Horses Here
Once horses trotted ambled and gamboled As children in rags so plain Begged for pennies and bread In sunshine and in rain …
I Loved Her, She Loved Horses
Guillherme Schroeter & Tomás Ó Cárthaigh