The Camera Steals the Spirit
The elders spoke against the box Covered with the cloth That painted pictures on the glass And they wanted not Their picture …
At The Age for This
I’m at the age for this The funerals: all to common now I dont go to them all anymore To commiserate with …
To Live In Hearts
“To live in hearts we leave behind is to not die” – Thomas Campbell To live in hearts we leave behind It …
Covered Nipples Reveal Truth
“The Creation of Eve”: A marble relief on the left pier of the façade of the cathedral in Orvieto, Italy. © Georges Jansoone …
Flight of Mad Sweeney
He flies over where the Devil could not walk Singing his mournful song of despair The places he has been and all …
Mankind and His Pets Are the Same
The cat wanders where it will The time and its prey to fill When of it and you its had it fill …
Portrait of the Poet as a Not So Young Man
In slow distaste I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man ~ Thomas Kinsella …
Two Swans
Two swans swimming in the river cold Meet beak to beak together In love for life it is said These birds are …
Gambling Is A Losing Game
Love is a losing game. ~ Amy Winehouse God and the Devil opened casinos To see who would win God promised honest …
Around the Bend
Around each bend, we do not know Unless we traveled before this way What lies ahead, what we must face, So it …
The Donkey and the Thistle
“Shy but willing, like an ass at a thistle” Longford saying about a person interested but hesitant and afraid to pursue what …
Two Dogs Having An Argument
By a pole scratching fiercely At another it starts to bark To be met with more doggy abuse Not heard since the …
Before We Forgot
Before we forgot Thanks to dogma preached We worried not If sacrament we had reached Before sharing each other Neath the skies …
Words Written While Listening to Moonlight Sonata
As if the gods were striking the strings The air the piano plays And I listening am transported Back to former slower …
Its Your Move
It is just a game they say There is nothing to prove A pawn a rook to win or lose It matters …
Magpies
In times of trial once upon a time When lost for direction myself did find While walking away the woes of life …
She Removes The Mask She Wears
She removes the mask that to the world she wears Behind which she hides all her cares For she fears the judgmental …
Two Magpies – Lough Atalia
Before me from the railtrack a magpie few Alone over the lake to trees Another for sorrow, of the piseog I thought: …
Summits Reached Before Depths
I climbed Cairn Hills summit step by step On a day when all was well The depths to which I was about …
Clonmacnoise: The Ancient City
Reflection on visiting the monastic site at Clonmacnois…