Autumn Childhood
“What will I do when I finish school Mammy?” “Get a job.” “What job?” “A doctor, perhaps, let’s finish dinner first.” He looked at her, his eyes full of love…
“What will I do when I finish school Mammy?” “Get a job.” “What job?” “A doctor, perhaps, let’s finish dinner first.” He looked at her, his eyes full of love…
Stop doing the same thing over and over again. 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,' Albert Einstein said that Albert was a…
one or zero – that’s binary villain or hero – that’s the irony gpt or humanity – an eventual devastation now choose your pill – reality or simulation do…
We met on a Friday lunchtime in Katz Deli in Manhattan. The attendant couldn’t quite grasp my Irish brogue. Pastrami with but-ter and tomato Instead of Paw-straw-me with butter and…
Like a whisper on the wind His guiding voice I hear Even when I'm alone I’ll always feel him near His warm and friendly way Is with me every day…
With a chipped enamel bucket my Granny would send me up to the well-field. “We’ll have that for the spuds,” she’d say. And I would step down onto the worn…
The bog beckons its black pool’s deep. Looking for comfort and a place of eternal sleep. As each foot sinks in its spongy ground. His head is busy, with thoughts…
The Fleadh, the Fleadh, the Mullingar Fleadh. There's nothing quite like it for ooh-la-la. The Fleadh, the Fleadh; it’s coming home. Begun in Mullingar where heifers roam. 1951 in humble…
The therapist I went with trepid heart. My happiness and my head far apart. She smiled delightful air; she’s angel eyed. I bet she’s New Age, to myself I sighed.…
And who shall prosper from this war? Who might live to see it’s purpose. Daughter and Mum, Father and Son. Murdered in the name of defense. Bomb the souls and…