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November 2013

Carty’s Last Supper

They gathered around the table, and looked upon the fare, It looked alright in the darkened light to all assembled there, There …

Elegy – Sweet Afton

It was just another brand Just another cigarette Nothing of which to be proud Or noteworthy, but yet To those who with …

Kid in a Cart in Kosovo

This poem is a few years old. To this day, there are still Roma, Egyptian and Ashkali families in lead polluted homes, …

Matchsticks in the Wind

Mankind, and what we build, In the rage of nature, no matter how strong, Or how big, but matchsticks in the wind, …

Walking the Line

In the cold hard days of winter, hours long, and the sun no more does shine, Workers resolved to fight for fair …

War and Poppies

In Flanders fields, and Kandahar, In deepest Afghanistan, Poppies bloom, the Flowers of War, Blossom of the Savagery of Man. In the …

I Blame It All On TESCO

(or how men lost their status in relationships) When dinosaurs walked tall on earth, And Tesco was yet to be… Women who …

Killala Man, Remembered

He never went home. We know not his name… A man from Mayo… we pass where he sleeps, He who died for …

The Bodhran and the Goat

The neighbors met in each others houses, to visit for a while Every house had its turn for maybe five or so …

The Longford Ark

http://www.donedeal.ie/windows-for-sale/boat/5856940 This is a real advertisement from Donedeal… inspired the doggerel verse below. Only in Longford!!! It rains so much in Longford, …

Raining Cats at Halloween

Its raining cats and dogs, I thought to myself, As I walked down in the rain… As a cat is seemed to …

Tyler from Beyond the Grave

Sometimes, within the dead of night, the lodge held in the grip of the dark, When no master sits on the Dias …