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 …
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, …
Weekend of Hit and Miss in Banagher and Longford
I made the Readings at the Pallet this year, and found that its ten years since I was in at the first …
Our Friends Were Not Silent
Dedicated to Heather Heyer and all who died for the right to confront the Right Our friends were not silent In solidarity …
Democracy or Meritocracy… that is the Question
As we reflect on the last century, we look with apprehension to the future as Donald Trump shows a lot of the …
Horsemen Awaited at Bunlahy
Background – Sean Mac Eoin told of a Tracey family related to him that had two brothers in the fight at Granard, …
On Beauty and Hatred
Words of form fashioned in beauty Often placed in ordered lines and ranks By those whose order of their desiring Is founded …
Never Say the Woman Is Not a Lady
You could break down in a worse place Even if you were not like His Grace There is in it no disgrace …
Smyth Sisters of Grousehall
This poem is a telling of our family history in verse, and how the differing fates of the descendants of two sisters …
Anger of the Water Carriers
“I grew up when we had to carry water. We know the value of water” ~ Longford Fine Gael activist Before school …
Best Move for Wrong Reasons
The markets are nervous of what will happen when Brexit, maybe Irexit worries the financial men Who amble and gamble and even …
And That Morning Too Came
And that morning too came Common sense said it could Every fool and bigot has a vote They use it, unlike us …
Worshiping God Among Nature
We know of the mass rocks where Irish Catholics met to worship in Cromwellian and Penal times to avoid arrest or murder …
Снежинката
В снежна буря попаднах ведъж С поля и дървеса покрити в бяло Черни рокли върху този бял килим Бавно вървях в бледа …
Red Roses Owed
She walks its halls within its walls Red rose in ghostly hands The rent to be paid when grant was made Of …
Lady of Lough Gowna
An eerie cry echos the evening air The mermaids plaintive song The saying among the folk that know Is there will be …
Faction Fight of Banagher Town
For fun folk with sticks each other set to fight It was the fashion of the peasantry of the time The …
Lillith of the Darkness
Lillith is the legendary first wife of Adam, who escaped Eden using the ineffable name of God. She is said to be …
Whisht Held Well
“Hoult yer whisht” ~ keep quiet about that A whisht held well, held for too long So none could tell of the …