Dervogilla
Dermots passion, in stealing Teirnans wife, would have an effect on #Ireland that would last longer than the better known wars of Troy …
Adams Hindsight on the Garden of Eden
They walked serene without any clothes Free and easy, them both She bid, he bit, and it got stuck A bit of …
Vampire Killed By Love
I have a friend who is big into all Vampire stories, and we were discussing the saying about who loves the flower …
The Lady of Culray
She was a landlords daughter Her lover not so grand It was illegal to be a Catholic You could not own your …
They Were Lovers Once
The bitter bickering old couple often seen as much as the loving couples… yet they too were lovers once… an old verse …
Our Never Had Romance
(Song – Music: Guillherme Schroeter – Lyrics: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh) I held her hand Just for one dance It was our very …
Three Magpies a Wedding Watched
To Geraldine & Joe, on the occasion of their wedding! There is an old Irish tradition that three magpies at a wedding …
Lovers of Bazdara
A Pashtun (Afghan) love story, of a couple who fell for each other at first sight, but were destined not to be …
Fishermens Tales
Castiglione’s advise on this, well known to Yeats, was literally taken to heart. The courtier must create an image of the beloved …
She Loved Not Him Who Her Father Chose
A poem I wrote some years back, on love, a disapproving family, and a tragedy of murder and suicide! which I now …