The Well-field
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…
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…
I know its nuts. But I once met Bob Dylan. Lying low in a kibbutz. He said, "I am just a song and dance man". "It's funny", I said, so…
I King Lir wanted to be head king of Erin a long, long time ago, Alas King Bodb Derg got there first and was voted in to the throne, King…
The high priestess she stands tall, You'll see her picture on a castle wall, She has a vast knowledge and a strong will, She has a lovely voice and loves…
Everybody walks by me or at times on top of me. My glasses smeared with dirt I can barely see. My hair so long it got. I feel like in…
A serenade of rain. Echoes surround her pain. Drowning. Yet bobbling. On the ocean tide. Melodies of life. Flashback frequencies. Her - nobody sees. Out of sight. Fight or flight.…