Angels Cry for Gaza
Poets record history As only they could: Armed with pencils History written in their blood The bombs rain down All are guilty …
The Big 100 My Father Never Got to See
Dad would have been one hundred today, if still alive. He would have enjoyed cashing the cheque from the President he often …
Death Took The Poet While Writing
“Sullivan The Poet” as Michael Sullivan referred to himself, was a writer I came across online well over a decade ago. I …
For Her a Cottage in Heaven
Helen lived in England, her fathers family were from Longford. They were trying to find a nice cottage to come home to. She loved chatting about cottages and unraveling family trees. She never got the cottage of her dreams before she died.
Connections
For the late John Ratcliffe, to help give peace and comfort to David Ratcliffe, freinds and family. A rambling verse written …
Death Makes Its Cruel Presence Felt
As death makes its cruel presence felt We talk as numb of those who have gone… We think of recent times now …
Say Hello to all the Poets
Dedicated to the memory of the late Kay Kinghammer, of the Blackwater Poetry Group, R.I.P. Say hello to all the poets as …
He Bore Witness To The World
Bears witness through written word, Records it line by line: The song of the earth: its painful cry, Behind smiling face that …
Blog – Walking into the Light – Darkness In Light in Galway 2016
This has been a year where the loss of folk before their time has been all too common and public. I also …
Memories of Your Mother
For Liam O’ Roirdan of the Blackwater Poetry Group on the passing of his mother. The group does a day of verse …
Phonecalls Never Made
I meant to ring but never did He normally did but never did The unspoken though that silent hid Told the truth, …
Every Book Has Its Last Page
Dedicated to the memory of the late writer, artist and musician Ingrid Andrew… Every book has its last page When turned, signifies …
Veil Through Which We All Pass
Recently a friend of mine passed, Victor Mather, who I knew from a world beyond politics, in which he was very active …
Breaching the Veil
Death creeps like a shadow and darkens our lives… In time the truth we see The shadow is cast by the unseen …
His Pen Ran Dry
For the memory of Ivor Higg, R.I.P. His pen ran dry, as happens to every writer, The pool of ideas of the …
Obituary – Ivor Hogg
The passing has happened lately of writer Ivor Hogg. Under the name of “Poeticpiers”, he wrote on WritersCafe.org and also on Arcanum …
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 …
“What We Leave Behind” — R.I.P. Sarah Lundberg of Seven Towers
Just heard of the passing of the Dublin writer and publisher Sarah Lundberg. She ran the Seven Towers publishing house and ran …
A Persistent Commoner – The Late Tony Benn
“I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner” “I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing” – Tony …
December 8th 2011
Cold wet soil of winter Is now her bed, darkness Eternal, wooden case embraces The body now still, but she Feels not …