Consequences of a Drunken Cupid
I love you , I hate you at the same time” he said As she sobbing, begged him to stay Two drunken …
Death on a Traintrack
A stopped train, and I awaken In the middle of some godforsaken Piece of country, as an announcement is making By some …
Monster in my Cupboard
The shadows dark, when I, a child Slept, or rather when I tried And creaks and groans of ancient timbers Would have …
A Phonecall Overheard
A double suicide delayed by train back to Dublin after the Poets Express event in 2010. The pointlessness of it inspired the …
A Goddess of Gluttony
She of Rome, she of riches Indulged in all that she had to hand And she, until the day she died To …
Rocking the Cradle of Genius
You have disgraced yourselves again, once more you have rocked at the cradle of genius” – W.B. Yeats Rocking the cradle of …
If Poets Had Consequence
In bardic Ireland, a satire poem so destroyed a kings reputation he would have to give up his crown. The only other …
Turbulent Seas
“as easily as an old woman reads a palm” Crossing the Atlantic – Anne Sexton Journey set upon with an illusion of …
Words Written in Anger and Anguish (Anne Sexton)
As Sexton slowly slid out of control, a feature of her writing was to go to free verse from rhyme. With words …
Divine Struggle – Sylvia Plath.
The raging waves of the mind Tore her spirit asunder Yet still she wrote Those word we read… with wonder As words …
We Are No Weavers Who Write Today
We are no weavers who write today Yet still we write in their way And similar is the things we say In …
Poem for a Nyeuck
A smart word for everyone And for strangers a disparaging look He sits making himself heard to all With a skit, hes …
A Poet Tries Not to Write in Rhyme
I got mixed feelings on writing in non rhyming verse, and while I do every so often, I rebel against the current …
Poets Express: A Bar, and Bawdy Bards, Outside Bantry!
As expected, Poets Express was a success, but with a different crowd than anticipated. Being held in a bar, maybe it is …
Sarky Steve (with some rude phraseology!)
Sarky Steve he cannot see The benefits that there is to be To engage the brain, so he Writes without thinking. And …
Born of Lonliness are the Arts
Born of loneliness are the arts… Spewing forth from depressed minds, Who, from solitude of isolation… Inspiration they can find… So it …
Discovering the writings if Betjeman, and the argument over Muses in Poetry
I have recently come across the work of the writer John Betjeman, who heretofor I had only known for his political activities, …
Shall Another Read My Words
Shall another read my words In a far off distant day I hope that they enjoy the rhymes That I on paper …