{"id":2826,"date":"2016-06-20T19:47:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T19:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?page_id=2826"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:56:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:56:57","slug":"landingpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer returns, even if only for a few days!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doughiska Bay here in Galway – now that the sun is here for a while its nice to get back to place I have not been for a while, such as the Old Dublin road walk to Oranmore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Words from the writer…<\/strong><\/p>\n

A collection of mainly rhyming poems on all topics under the sun… I have been writing up my scribbles for some time, so hope to have that rectified in the weeks to come. <\/p>\n

Longford writers group has had a few publications and events to which I have contributed some words over the past couple of years.<\/p>\n

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What is a poem?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For some, poetry is a personal reflection, for more it is an open part of culture to be celebrated.<\/p>\n

For some, rules are against the rules, for others, more traditional, like me, rules are there to give structure, but can be bent occasionally.<\/p>\n

For me poetry is to be celebrated both as a part of a living culture and as part of our reflective life.<\/p>\n

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Words from the writer… A collection of mainly rhyming poems on all topics under the sun… I have been writing up my scribbles for some time, so hope to have that rectified in the weeks to come. Longford writers group has had a few publications and events to which I …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7EI4f-JA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/meet-tomas-o-carthaigh\/","url_meta":{"origin":2826,"position":0},"title":"Meet Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"7th August 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom\u00e1s works at security to pay the bills, as he doesn't fancy being a starving artist. Writing poetry keeps him sane. Sort of! Member of Tullamore Rhymers Club, Immagine & Poesia and other writers collectives, Tom\u00e1s writes mainly in rhyme. More of a man about a continent than a man\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Tom\u00e1s reading at Poets Express in Bantry in 2010... so long ago!!!","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net\/802892\/http_public_production\/photos\/images\/4160127\/original\/resize%3A552x320\/Poets-Express_1295406989.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3652,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/meet-tomas-o-carthaigh\/reviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":2826,"position":1},"title":"Reviews","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Bibliography | Favourite Poets | Poems in Other Languages\u00a0| Around The Web | Events | Reviews Below are some reviews from writers and magazines of Tom\u00e1s work... \"Painful Happiness of Living\" - Sabahudin Had\u017eiali\u0107 (Diogen \/ Bosnia \/ 2011)","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/links\/","url_meta":{"origin":2826,"position":2},"title":"Links","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"8th August 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Key - POR - Portal site | EDU - University | ORG - Orginisation | AGG - Aggregator website 006 - Library of Congress (USA \/ POR) 005 - PENNSound (USA \/ POR) 004 -\u00a0The Irish Literary Times\u00a0(IE - AGG) 003 - Poetry Ireland (IE \/ ORG) 002 - Irish\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3810,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-longford-eye\/","url_meta":{"origin":2826,"position":3},"title":"The Longford Eye","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th July 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Below is a list with a link to some links to articles written for The Longford Eye, a local free magazine in Longford... Issue 40 - June 2017 HOMES OR BANK BRANCHES? - A Thorn in Their Side Remembering Famine Times in Longford - ECHOES OF TIMES AND MEMORIES Issue\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3650,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/meet-tomas-o-carthaigh\/painful-happiness-of-living-reviews-diogen-magazine-sabahudin-hadzialic\/","url_meta":{"origin":2826,"position":4},"title":"Painful Happiness of Living – Reviews – Diogen Magazine – Sabahudin Had\u017eiali\u0107","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Painful happiness of living Routine of daily prints at Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh a gives a birth for the contradiction of expression. But not any contradiction, but just the one that concerns the identity of pain anywhere, on the planet which we are walking, are living. 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