How a Poet Can Avoid Divorce
The lady deep in her slumbers Was woken by her dear Whose reasons for wakind his beloved was not as romantic as …
The Apple Of Eden
Fruit of a tree that begot sin And led poor Adam astray, When misled by a lusty Eve In Edens garden one …
Donkey Innovation
The donkey of the whip was tired Bringing its cart and load from A to B A way out of its horrific …
Three Magpies a Wedding Watched
To Geraldine & Joe, on the occasion of their wedding! There is an old Irish tradition that three magpies at a wedding …
Fishermens Tales
Castiglione’s advise on this, well known to Yeats, was literally taken to heart. The courtier must create an image of the beloved …
Lovers of the Lakes of Tears
The Imilchil wedding festival is an annual gathering of the Berber peoples so betrothals can take place. Unlike other Islamic societies, Berbers …
That Little Four Letter Word Called Love
This one is a work in progress. A bit bitter after hearing a fellow poet dismiss men’s romantic verse as “cheesy”, I …
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 …
Two Swans
Two swans swimming in the river cold Meet beak to beak together In love for life it is said These birds are …
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 …
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 …
Three Roses In Her Hand
Three roses she held in her hand For all the world to see One each from two Pretenders A single rose from …
To One Side I Must Cast My Pen
Verses written win all hearts bar hers She is a slave to life, passion and chance: I am a walker of safe …
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 …
God Save Us From The Preachers
Sometimes, men of the cloth with wicked words, spread hate and so are agents of evil… the latest of the old poems …
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 …
Give to Me a Bawdy and Loud Lady
Give to me a bawdy and loud lady One who dances, swears and sings Who loves my friends the more for their …
Walking Away
Music: Guilherme Schroeter Singing: Guilherme Schroeter Lyrics: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
Bloody War of Romance
It died at birth, not that it lived Just a notion, foolish, a man Has to dream, to live, to desire But …
Lettera D’amore
Cara mia, ti voglio bene… “My darling, I love you The words to her I wanted to say But I never did, …