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October 2014

Caress of Barbed Wire

The caress of barbed wire For a while causes pain But keeps the beast in the field So it can remain Where …

All Sorts of Accents at Accents Café

As per invitation, we arrived at Accents Café on Lower Stephens Street for seven-ish. OK, for once, I was actually early, arriving …

Quiet Hours Passing Slowly

Quiet hours passing slowly Day that was young is getting older And a day that was never warm With a growing breeze …

Out of Tune

No fingers now draw from it chords That it once formed, each one like words Now only insects and birds Dwell among …

“Tara Calling” Promotional Video

Just launched online is Carmel Divineys promotional video for the “Tara Calling” book which is to be launched soon.

Lake In All Its Splendor Spoiled

A lake in all its splendor spoiled By a group of babbling chavs It was the opinion on being observed As “have …

Flying Over Europe

Flying over Holland on my way to Prague, I looked down at the view bomber pilots on all sides had on their …

Earth Gives Healing

In times before corporations Shareholders and their greed Earth gave healing to humankind Harnessed by understanding, according to need. From painkilling properties …

All Fair at the Ballinasloe Fair

There was auld wans and young wans and all sorts of wild ones Piebalds and ponys, and big horses, small ones hands …

More Than Just Another Memory

To ride a horse is to ride the sky, Someone once said somewhere… Well I was not with horses raised, But I …

I Was the Reluctant Lover

This poem was inspired by a visit to the National Gallery in London a few years ago, and is in fact a …

Marching Past Trinity College

Written after the “Right to Work” march on June 1, 2010 —oOo— We marched there, chanting slogans Past the gates of Trinity …

Address to my Feathered Friend

When growing up in Banagher, the Willie Wagtail was one of my favourite birds. They nested regular in our garden and yard, …

I Said I’d Make a Voodoo Doll

This is an old verse I found on my computer, from when the economy first crashed in 2008 and the extent of …