I Hope When Old to Waste My Time
From a GB Shaw quote, who was no fan off chess, unlike me, who is!
Passing Ships
Passing ships on waters still Send waves to one another Perfect in form and speed until They hit upon the other The …
Rose Among the Weeds
I grew up in an English garden Everything planted by plan, in rows For effect, pleasing to the eye To an order …
Life Flies By
Villages fly by as I Life’s eternal wanderer Who seeks to put down root From where his people came Do not stop …
Alchemy in Reverse
The wizard that is life and its cruel blows Takes the dreams we have been sold Smashes them before our very eyes …
Heaven Taught Ploughman
“A heaven taught ploughman” – Henry McKenzie speaking of Robert Burns. He learned much with plough in field Beast snorting, as ever …
Unseen Flatmate
A verse on a mouse, in the tradition of Burns… He comes and goes – or is it she Who shares this …
When the Sun Is A Weathercaster
Half set, the sun, at death of day Fills the sky with the red of blood The colour of life of a …
Piecing together the JIGSAW for Mental Health in Offaly
Death walks among us. In every town and village in Ireland, in all communities, even the Irish Traveller community in which it …
Caress of Barbed Wire
The caress of barbed wire For a while causes pain But keeps the beast in the field So it can remain Where …
Quiet Hours Passing Slowly
Quiet hours passing slowly Day that was young is getting older And a day that was never warm With a growing breeze …
Out of Tune
No fingers now draw from it chords That it once formed, each one like words Now only insects and birds Dwell among …
Lake In All Its Splendor Spoiled
A lake in all its splendor spoiled By a group of babbling chavs It was the opinion on being observed As “have …
A Fool, By Dreams, He Lives His Life
A fool, by dreams, he lives his life And wonders why nothing comes true Little he tries, as his life away he …
Unable to Understand the Anger
Unable to understand the anger That seems to emanate From some folk who fight the world Because they are from an estate …
An Endangered Species
Once upon a time a phonebox In the days when I was young Was the height of technology And from where taxis …
Life Is But a Chessgame
It is just a game they say There is nothing to prove A pawn a rook to win or lose It matters …
Drovers No More Walk These Roads
Drovers, with their cattle herds, To market coming, stick in hand, Guiding their charges with swear words With a sure, and yet …
We All Walk the Same Road
April 8th is the International Day of Roma, and the day we remember the Romany victims of the holocaust.Though thankfully things are …
Poverty Makes All Things Possible
It was easier to fall in love when people were destitute. – El Habib Louai Faith in God, help of family, They …