Pondering Poetry
Whimsical verse on poetry, and the relationship between poet and reader…
To Bury A Cat
I many be known yet for my cat poems – we recently lost one of the house cats that strayed in and out. It returned to die where it was born… cats are more loyal than we think… #Radimires #CatPoem #Cats #CatsofRenmore
Connections
For the late John Ratcliffe, to help give peace and comfort to David Ratcliffe, freinds and family. A rambling verse written …
Rebel Asleep
Pondering the sleeping rebels who fled after defeat at Ballinamuck in 1798 who sought refuge in Edenmore Bog
Cupid Shot Down on an Irish Street
The tragic love story of John Kennedy and Mary Douglas in the Irish Civil War
Dervogilla
Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on #Ireland that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy …
Willie Rimes Goes to Confession
A legend in his own lifetime Afraid he’d go to hell The bold Willie went in to the church All his …
Free Verse in Free Flow
Random lines on a fleeting thought
Wrought stanzas on the page…
Poor Scholar of Today
What to me is Gael and Gall?– “Poor Scholar of the Forties”, Padraic Columb Little Greek or Latin is taught nowScholars of …
From Ballinamuck to Fiji – Odyssey of a Stranger from Clare
The strange and true tale of a man who survived the 1798 rebellion, only to end up with eight wives in Fiji – a place farther from his native County Clare than even the remote Ballinamuck of North Longford…
Year of Graves and Waves
2018 was the year for graves and waves – we lost two members of the Tullamore Rhymers, and my little boat brought me from Killaloe to Lanesbo
Willie Rimes Builds a Boat
We havnt heard from Willie Rimes in a while… as expected, he has been up to no good… in a self built boat! What POSSIBLY could go wrong?
Funeral for a Thief
Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships… Chicago May and her wild red hair sent many men to their deaths, or to kill…
One Good Man Among The Blueshirts
Among their ranks were a few good men For whom me must give thanks When Dé Velera against the people Stood with …
Passing Passengers on the 409
As I await my bus, I and the others, next to us The bus pulls in from whose windows faces Blank at …
The Cock and the Crock of Gold
The legend of the Cock and the Crock of Gold in Kilcormac, in the times of the Wars of the Molloys… The …
On Evicting a Frog from its Rock Home
I was clearing up the cottage to put in new floors, when I noticed among the stones and grass clumps a little …
Renmore Point
Pass by, By Boat, By foot… You and I. I wrote this for the LOVE ON THE ROCKS – DUBLIN facebook group, …
Great Hen of Gortagowan
Gortagown without a crown: So in time its name was made – So again its famous in modern time For the hen, …
One Dublin Mother Acknowledged
Working class communities are ravaged by those who seek to profit through temptation. When those fall foul of temptation, the families behind …