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 …
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 …
Never Mind the Heartache, Always Get the Verse
A friend of mine and fellow Tullamore Rhymer Anthony Sullivan has a quotation that goes something along the lines of “Never mind …
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 …
She Loves Me Not, The Dandelion Said
“Elle m’aime un peu, non, pas du tout” The game of blowing on a dandelion stating does the object of your affections …
I Was the Reluctant Lover
This poem was inspired by a visit to the National Gallery in London a few years ago, and is in fact a …
What Could Never Be
In half sleep, half dreaming Darkness fills the midnight sky Stars twinkle behind the clouds That hide them from my eye… She …
My Heart Will Not Keep Her Warm
My heart will not keep her warm Nor will it keep her dry But in my heart shell have a home Until …
Snowflakes in Another Land
Her heart beats for another, Life goes on, he who has her hand, And her heart, makes it beat faster, Under snowflakes …
In Paris Town
In Paris town lives a lady Maybe drinks coffee in a cafe Dark hair, nice smile, long legs Well it is I …
When Aged, Who Will Hold Her Hand?
When aged, who will hold her hand, Remember joys and woes, And who will hold mine when aged am I, As life …
Butterfly – She Flitted And Settled On Another Plant
Butterfly long flown, now settled Tears I fight, happy her flight Brought her to this – tears of loss That is my …
The Courtly Lovers
Her eyes caught mine, and then her smile Wrought tears from my heart, not blood: From me she has flown, from afar …
Rain Fell On Parting Dancers
As rain fell I turned, she walked The other direction. And the worlds greatest love story Ended Having never began. She was …
Beloved She Was But Knew Not
Empty she left my heart And gone, now her laughter echoes Which no one can hear. My heart cries Tears wash away …
Lady of the Sweetest Smile
I Lady of the sweetest smile In this town and round for many a mile Laughter, fun, and all with grace, The …
She Who I Loved and Never Did
I’ve not cast my eyes upon her, For many months and years And of joy and of pain, She has caused me …
Whose Heart Does She Make Beat Faster?
Whose heart does she make beat faster As she once did to mine? She of the smile that won my heart She …