Our Lady of Clonfert, Bless Both Boston and the World
As Boston comes to terms with its tragedy, we pray to Mary who is venerated in both the Islamic and the Christian …
Lit Candles Don’t Commemorate A Self Immolator Great
Inappropriate, the guide girl said Is the offering in memory made Of one man who was not afraid To show his dissent …
Freedom – To Be Still a Slave
Each man is free, so lucky is he To money to be, a slave so free… But he is not, let it …
Let Them Lie
Disturb not the bones of the dead! They sleep now, here, for all time to lie… It’s all they ask of those …
Fence at the Mound of the Hostages
Steel erected to protect Is what they claim Offends all sensitivities Let us explain What others call piseogs We call respect For …
We Know Nothing
“truth flitters across the screen we know practically nothing” – San Vincenzo “Vinci, Later” Morten Sondergaard What we think is truth we …
Fate and Faiths
Two women, one old: one young Walk side by side, content The older, dressed as befits her faith: The other as befits …
In Praise of Cheese
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. – G.K. Chesterton The answer to all of our problems Allows those …
The Woman Behind the Veil
She hides behind it as if ashamed Of the God given beauty she bears And at other women without it She in …
Verses on Economics
I The workers pain is for the employers gain As to do his work de does strive Who from the harvest gets …
The Workers of the World
They made a system to liberate the worker Then told us how it would operate The Republic of and owned by the …