Reboot Banagher Horse Fair…
We will see you, as a sure thing, in September On the Main Street among the proud horses there We’ll walk among …
To Walk the Camino
I, a walker, have long planned To walk the Camino way But life such plans have thwarted So I write here today …
Sun Does Shine
Anthony Ray Hinton (58) speaking to the press on being asked how it felt to be free after being released from Death …
Giltraps of Kinnitty and The Fureys in Tullamore – Filming A Weekend with the Tullamore Rhymers Club
As cameras panned out on the Tullamore Rhymers taking a bow after a reading for the opening of The Fureys in Tullamore, …
Give to Me a Bawdy and Loud Lady
Give to me a bawdy and loud lady One who dances, swears and sings Who loves my friends the more for their …
Why Cheap Laughs Come at a Cost
Much is made of the controversy over the Muhammad cartoons. I remember the issue when it first broke in Denmark, and thought …
Wells of Tara
From Tara, where expanse can be seen, From the Irish sea, to the Shannons water Expanse of the Kingdom of Royal Meath …
No Laughing Matter – Serious Topics Broached at Accents Café Comedy Night
I bought a house for €500,000. Its now worth €250,000 – after 19 years of woking, I now owe quarter of a …
Walking Tara
Where druids walked, I walked it too The footsteps of history Walked by soldiers, rebels, peasants and kings Walked by my poet …
Arrived in the post – 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland Calender
Arrived yesterday in the post was the 2015 Horse Fairs of Ireland calender from Siobhan English, heres a photo of yours truly …
Marching Past Trinity College
Written after the “Right to Work” march on June 1, 2010 —oOo— We marched there, chanting slogans Past the gates of Trinity …
Around the Web – September 2014
Around the web – just published is the newest edition of Billie Fidlin’s ezine Whisper n Thunder, which has a verse of …
Its shaping up to be a busy Septemnber in 2014 for the Tullamore Rhymers Club, with Scene of the Rhyme on tonight, … → 28th August 2014
Give to Me an Angry Sea
Give to me an angry sea When I am old, not strong like now And at my happiest I will be Should …
Ladies, Laugh Out Loud Among a Crowd
Ladies, laugh out loud among a crowd It is not a sin to smile What kind of mind sinful would find The …
Gaza – a Ghazal
Cathleen ni Houlihan (1), she does not sleep tonight Her pains are over, but she thinks of another tonight Maiden pure, of …
Showers Expected
“Showers expected, but not of rain From a people not from here On a people from other places Who live wild lives …
Writing For the Commonest Ear
no knave brought to book Who has won a drunken cheer— The witty man and his joke Aimed at the commonest ear, …
A Persistent Commoner – The Late Tony Benn
“I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner” “I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing” – Tony …