Flight of Mad Sweeney
He flies over where the Devil could not walk Singing his mournful song of despair The places he has been and all …
Mankind and His Pets Are the Same
The cat wanders where it will The time and its prey to fill When of it and you its had it fill …
Portrait of the Poet as a Not So Young Man
In slow distaste I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man ~ Thomas Kinsella …
Burning Zeal Rekindles the Flame of Faith
Every so often as a writer I get asked to write a tribute piece for someone about someone who is important to them. …
Two Swans
Two swans swimming in the river cold Meet beak to beak together In love for life it is said These birds are …
Torn Down, Rebuilt, As All Must Be
Longford’s St. Mel’s Cathedral burned down one Christmas morning. The rebuild, the challenge to attempt it, has many correlations to real life, …
Around the Bend
Around each bend, we do not know Unless we traveled before this way What lies ahead, what we must face, So it …
Words Written While Listening to Moonlight Sonata
As if the gods were striking the strings The air the piano plays And I listening am transported Back to former slower …
Its Your Move
It is just a game they say There is nothing to prove A pawn a rook to win or lose It matters …
Magpies
In times of trial once upon a time When lost for direction myself did find While walking away the woes of life …
She Removes The Mask She Wears
She removes the mask that to the world she wears Behind which she hides all her cares For she fears the judgmental …
Queen Bee and the Drones
She flies higher, the queen bee, on the dance of death, of lust and love Till she burns out the drones who …
A Future Vision When No Future We See
The Old Folks parties will be great craic when we are of age!!! Geriatric ravers… what can possibly go wrong? A youth, …
May Day Mayhem, Maypoles and Marches
Arvas streets saw chaos, fights and blood Men of anger settling fueds, scores and slights Moscows streets saw tanks and missiles Televisions …
Two Magpies – Lough Atalia
Before me from the railtrack a magpie few Alone over the lake to trees Another for sorrow, of the piseog I thought: …
Passing Ships
Passing ships on waters still Send waves to one another Perfect in form and speed until They hit upon the other The …
Fleeting Shadows Confuse the Walker
The game of love, which others find so effortless, so it appears, to this traveller of lifes journey is confusing at the …
Alchemy in Reverse
The wizard that is life and its cruel blows Takes the dreams we have been sold Smashes them before our very eyes …
Sleuthing for the German Reillys
ne of the tragic and most interesting things to come out of the Great War and the Second World War was the …
Unseen Flatmate
A verse on a mouse, in the tradition of Burns… He comes and goes – or is it she Who shares this …