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 …
Thinking of Gaza as it Turns Midnight in Tullamore
“A common enemy makes friends of enemies” ~ Anon Ireland and Palestine have a shared experience, bar in Palestine its a returning …
Showers Expected
“Showers expected, but not of rain From a people not from here On a people from other places Who live wild lives …
Gaza – What Can We Do?
What can one do, so far away? We see the pictures in the papers, on the internet, on the television, baffled as …
Only The Birds Fly Free – Mahnaz Mohammadi
After the hunger strikes in Northern Ireland in the 1980’s, the street the British Embassy was on was renamed after him (Bobby …
Santa Gets a Letter from Iraq
Santa got a letter, a letter that broke his heart, Asked him for peace, to end a war that Santa did …
Tolerance Is to Be Practiced by Other Lands
Words spoken of tolerance In other lands Not to be practiced Here at home. Its just words spoken Rules like those Are …
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 …
Haikus for Iran
Haikus for the Iran protesters, forgotton in the West, that now has little to gain from the risks that they took.
What We Have, We Do Not Value, As Others Value What They Cannot Have – Malala Yousafai Tribute
The scene is familiar, girls smoking, swearing, counting down the minutes to when they can race from class and get on with …
Maud Gonne: Yeats Inspiration
The second verse refers to the Lady of the Sweetest Smile, the authors own Maud Gonne, though not of the military kind, …
Elegy for Neda Soltani
She died on video before my eyes… She just lay there dying She uttered not a cry It was all others around …
Guernica
They fled in terror as from the sky… Rained death, and wondered why And how the world to this had come As …
An Orchard Sown – A Prophecy Fulfilled
Soldiers came With guns, shouting Homes destroyed, children crying The future predicted, by vendors of hate For a hundred years Was shown …
Just Because They Once Were Victims
This poem was written in protest at the flotilla being attacked by Israeli forces.
She Is Remembered Still, Though Most Forget Her Name – ندا آقا س
She was shot on a streetcorner, gaining fame for all the wrong reasons. While the fury all over the world did not …
God Called Me: “George!”
Bush: God told me to invade Iraq Ref: President ‘revealed reasons for war in private meeting’ By Rupert Cornwell 7 October 2005 …