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November 2012

Bad Santa

Santas in the bathroom smoking dope I think for him theres not a hope Hes in there with me aunties And hes …

Two Roman Bridges at Porto Torres

Two proud Roman bridges standing Over a small river commanding Beside a town, forever expanding As over and under them I walked …

Celts Fear Not the Worlds End

Some folk fear the end of times Us Celts – of it we do not fear Symbols are what we say they …

Aideens Grave

Raised by hands, set there in perfection The dead honoured, stones perfect placed Ash and bones, placed in affection Of the dead, …

A Phonecall Overheard

A double suicide delayed by train back to Dublin after the Poets Express event in 2010. The pointlessness of it inspired the …

A Wedding Day

In a chapel a man stood beside His nervous and blushing bride “I do till death” each to their vows replied And …

A Goddess of Gluttony

She of Rome, she of riches Indulged in all that she had to hand And she, until the day she died To …

Love of God – Hatred of Fellow Man

Monasteries in Kosovo hold some of the most militant churchmen, who pray to the God of love, and then preach war and …

Cats – Mankinds Marmite Pets

Some love the cats, yet others fear Say spirits evil dwell within The cat, she to them does appear Personification of sin …

Let Them Lie

Disturb not the bones of the dead! They sleep now, here, for all time to lie… It’s all they ask of those …

Rocking the Cradle of Genius

You have disgraced yourselves again, once more you have rocked at the cradle of genius” – W.B. Yeats Rocking the cradle of …

White Blackmen in Ireland

I see them, from backgrounds tough Approach me on the street And I am wary, as close enough They are to me …

Thought I – A Poem I’ll Write

Thought I: a poem I’ll write For her every day, Though never loved was she by I My feelings for her I’d …

Maedb’s Seduction

Tell the man that I am as he knows me to be And he can know as he desires all he desires …

Maud Gonne: Yeats Inspiration

The second verse refers to the Lady of the Sweetest Smile, the authors own Maud Gonne, though not of the military kind, …