Fixed Bayonets Against Our Own
Needless to say I think the Irish army should have gone across the border in 1969, and was angered at Keelin Shanleys …
On Sighting Sandy Row
Visiting Belfast back in 2008 we took a wrong turn, and drove by this mural by accident. While explaining the conflict to …
The Weaver Poets of Ulster
Tribute to the Ulster Weavers…
Willie Rimes Goes to Belfast to Protest at the Parades
Willie Rimes is just back from Belfast, his eyes both black and blue His nose is broken, the whites of his eyes …
Poem To A Cow and the Poets Who Wrote About Her
Poem in reply to the poem “Epistle to Hawkie the Cottier’s Cow on Hearing She Ate the Bible” by Samuel Walker and …
The Curse of a Bride Jilted
In Scottish fashion to be wed Hugh Mc Kee to the Tavern did go And all were assembled there Bar the bride …
His Ain Native Toun
Commentary on David Harbisons poem “Ma Ain Native Toun” Aye, in your time you seen it Disappear, bit by bit by bit …
The Weaver Poet of the Loom
Ah, says he, to work I aught By loom to sit and weave some cloth And any poetic ideas passing he sought …
Roses Lamented Long Gone
The issue of housing developed in an area where traditions such as Orange Walks are objectionable to the new residents is something that is still being worked on in the North of Ireland.