The Water Gently Flows
Where once a torrent in the rain The water gently flows… All the moods and weathers of life That a river or …
The Years Creep Up
When I was walking the Slieve Blooms a decade back, I was a lot fitter than now – though far from fit!!! – and the hair was black with grey. Time passes, and its now white with black!!!
Out for a Walk at Ballybrit
An old couple of a dateless age,Over sixty, under ninety, somewhere between:Out for their daily walk with their two little dogs,Theirs strolls …
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.
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 …
Life Is Like A Carpet Weaved
Life, in all its complexeties is like a carpet weaved, except its pattern is not as predictable…
Revelations on a Limerick Street
Brown grey, the streets meander Over waters seeking sea I walking, amble aimless As if anywhere else to be Would be as …
Life is a Treasure Map
The experiences shared by those now gone The opinions with which you may not agree Showed another’s path whose wisdom they share …
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 …
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, …
Dance of the Mayfly at Dromineer
The Mayfly swarm a few times a year depending on the species, however its from their time of emergence in may they …
No Dancing From The Easter Sun
Musings in verse on the current issues of consent, and the Ulster Rugby scandal. The Scots Law judgement of “Not Proven” would …
Walk at Lough Annagh Remembered
A rather melancholic reflection I remember while walking last year at Annagh Lake. Life indeed tames us all… or am I just …
Crazed Beats Echo Into The Night
This verse I wrote some years back when living in Tullamore, hearing loud music and meeting an old disapproving couple that I …
Half the World
The crazed vanities of man Who cannot see all are the same Thinks the other the source of his ill That he …
The Tithe Child of Romsey
One tenth of all – the parsons share From cows in pasture to poultry flock From grain blowing in the breeze To …
Unborn Child Drawn by Da Vinci
We are never as pure as when before we are born, when we truly are faultless, but again, he who walks through …
Donkey Innovation
The donkey of the whip was tired Bringing its cart and load from A to B A way out of its horrific …
Who Has a Welcome From All At Banagher Horse Fair?
There went out the question from one who was not yet there About the month of September and the Banagher Horse Fair …