Elegy for a Poet I Once Knew
Alas, I learned of the passing of a poet Paul Curran I shared a stage with often at Scene of the Rhyme …
The Night Nelson Learned to Fly
Liam Sutcliffe blew up Nelsons Pillar. This poem tells the story. He passed away today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam …
The Homeless Are Not Just For Christmas
The homeless are not just for Christmas. We need to sort more hostels and housing and services to prevent it in the …
At St. James Tramstop, Dublin
They sit there drinking across the track Talking loudly, drunkenly swaying The man looks like on on smack And I hear snatches …
Celtic Tiger was Not By Poets Built
You cant build a house with words, you know – Chris McCormack Houses are not by words built They are by developers …
1916 – War and Revolution
1916 – a year to most Remembered for slaughter of the Somme Youth sacrificed by generals incompetence Against the odds sent to …
Ireland Is Not For Sale
Background: As with Tara, where our heritage was torn up to be sold for profit, there is the same happeneing at the …
Written Beside a Stone to Paul Smith
The latest of the poems restored to the website, its from the “Dander in Dublin” series, from way back in 2010… Opposite …
Being the Sacrificial Lamb at Amusings, Amazing night at Scene of the Rhyme, Getting our Breath back after Body and Soul
Next up is the Valentia Island festival – as we in the Tullamore Rhymers Club sort out our line up Im not …
The Harp of King Brian Ború
Its a mere 1001 years since the battle of Clontarf, and we understand little of the dynamics of the battle. There was …
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 …
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 …
Christ Was Crucified In Dublin
As if once more nailed to a cross In Dublin, Christ was crucified Where on a street beside the Dáil The least …
Tullamore Rhymers at Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages is a unique poetry event, where there are no intros, no MC, and the run of the night is sporadic, …
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 …
All That Jazz
A video posted by Thomas Carty (@tomjcarty) on Feb 23, 2015 at 5:30pm PST Notes drift to the Dublin night air Soul …
All Sorts of Accents at Accents Café
As per invitation, we arrived at Accents Café on Lower Stephens Street for seven-ish. OK, for once, I was actually early, arriving …
Ommmmmm!!!
Chanting Ommmmmm! in the Four Knocks in Naul, I though to myself as a Catholic was I breaking the first commandment, false …
The Flowing Dargle
The Sugarloafs it flows between The Dargles tinkling waters And by its banks often has been Wicklows courting sons and daughters Kilcroney …
A City Slowly Comes to Life
A city slowly comes to life As the morning has begun And I the task for to bask I have started in …