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One Way Ticket
At eight years of age her mother told her she never wanted her, she was a mistake and for the nine months she carried her she had tried everything to…
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A Chance Encounter
“Well, if it isn’t little Emma, I haven’t seen you since you’d lick the cream off the milk tops.” I’d know that voice anywhere, my Granny’s neighbour, I turned around…
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In My Dreams
I visit your face in my dreams, Those green eyes look in mine And we are no longer apart, The love from you, locked within my heart. I talk…
Ode To Blackrock Tower
Pictured in the distance Often seen in the Newspapers Visions of long hot summers Yellow paint fading a bit Long years of sun and sea The heat of Salthill Swimmers…
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The Invisible Man
Look at me I am the invisible man People walk up and down The crowded street Some look in pity Some with distain Some give coins Why am I begging…
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A Summer Snapshot
The burned red skin my father wore was a source of speculation, as to how often it occurred before, and if caused by recreation. It was. This green-fingered man, as…
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A Memory of Christina
Today I heard a whispered plea, in a rasping voice, all hoarse and rough; it was a lady, next to me, who appeared externally, strong and tough. “Please”, she said,…
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The Perfect Crime
I dream the dreams of honest men; of vagabonds, of thieves and ghosts; of evil-doers now and then, and those in influential posts. The skulduggery which they all invent, gets…
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The First Class
Looking at the library from the comfort of your car, it’s a mix of old and new, concrete, glass and cedar wood. Impressive you think, but question who had the…
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Choice of lines from Epic by Patrick Kavanagh
“When great events were decided, who owned” the colours in the distant vivid rainbow arc; the original plans of the once great pyramids; or thought of reeds and ink, before…
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