Snowflakes Awaiting the Storms
The snowflakes gently flutter In the chilling wind There is bad weather yes… Little sign of a storm I can find… Some …
1798 Thinking
“Thats 1798 thinking” ~ Longford phrase meaning its an old fashioned notion and idealist, unlike modern reality To think like we did, …
Reading the works of the Poets Higgins
I have recently become the happy owner of the book on Cloncoose poet Pat Higgins, a folk poet of the time when …
How Lucky Are We
“Was it for this the Wild Geese fled?” Poor Irish – how lucky are we In these modern times, in our land …
Enda Exits – Legacy of Lives Lost
Enda Kenny is set to retire as I speak as Fine Gael leader, and as prime minister when a replacement is found, …
No Handshakes Offered at the Most Tragic Funerals
Dedicated to and in memory of those who killed themselves as they could not cope with austerity and banks taking their houses. …
Fear the Little People
The business man from America was in Ireland to see the sights In Blarney to see and kiss the stone, in Donegal …
Was Your Dad a Metre Man?
Did he install the meters Or did he stand in the way Of the men who installed the metres But were sent …
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 …
Stopped Clocks and All That – The Kildare Street Standoff and Merrion Square Rollover – right2water Dec 10 protests
Beyond the wire A photo posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Dec 12, 2014 at 8:05am PST Kevin Higgins is a writer …
Being the Embarrassing Relations
Embarrassing relations – we all have them ! You put them upstairs, or in a back room So they are not seen, …
We Are Not the Enemy
We are not the enemy, the folk who pay the bills, Who try to pay their mortgages, who themselves through suicide kills …
Let the People Speak – Irish Water Potential Referendum
Why not also a vote on the property tax issue? I proposed same on Boards.ie some years back to a muted response …
Marching for Water in Tullamore
Rain falls from where some denied it falls Washed the streets over which protesters calls Echos to where the water falls from: …
There Is a Cottage in the Country
Sometimes, Irish Americans whose ancestors left the country generations before can be too nostalgic…
I Said I’d Make a Voodoo Doll
This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of …
Another Enemy Less For Enda – Trevor Murtagh Tribute, R.I.P.
Enda’s taking them down, one by one, on behalf of the EU and the Banks His cronies get commissioners jobs: Merkels way …
Life Itself For Sale
The water we drink is up for sale That falls free from the sky The frackers for profit pollute the groundwater Its …
They Took from Us
We lost our fire stations, it costs to much to save our lives Not enough folk die from fires, is the reason …
Cute Hoor Councillors vs Artists Minding their Own Arses – Debating the One Per Cent For the Arts Scheme
The issue of public funding for the arts, in a time of austerity, has been a hot topic in the bars and …