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July 2014

Gaza – a Ghazal

Cathleen ni Houlihan (1), she does not sleep tonight Her pains are over, but she thinks of another tonight Maiden pure, of …

Does Poetry Matter?

In an age of instant communication, where image and music is king, the question is often asked, does poetry matter? Judging by …

A War We Do Not See

Preoccupied with Gaza,a cold war in the Spratley islands where China pushes borders as Rissia is doing in Ukraine, bar on a …

Showers Expected

“Showers expected, but not of rain From a people not from here On a people from other places Who live wild lives …

Gaza – What Can We Do?

What can one do, so far away? We see the pictures in the papers, on the internet, on the television, baffled as …

Writing For the Commonest Ear

no knave brought to book Who has won a drunken cheer— The witty man and his joke Aimed at the commonest ear, …

Just Keep Walking

Sometimes when walking where you are going you do not know Bar that the path is there to be walked One foot …

Well of Life

Our groundwater is the well we all drink from. Fracking pollutes. We drink from the well in a desert Stagnant the water …

In the Shadow of Cairn Hill

Are they true the old tales, that he who slay Queen Maeve, Neath one of these cairns in death enjoys sleep? That …

Give Glory To The Sabbath Day

Give glory for the Sabbath Day Set aside for man to pray And from work for to stay One day a week …

Bonfires Blaze Fueled by Hate

Bonfires blaze, fueled by hate, but the bonfires are an Irish tradition (1) Political maze, each site prate, the other view with …