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Snowflakes Awaiting the Storms

The snowflakes gently flutter In the chilling wind There is bad weather yes… Little sign of a storm I can find… Some …

1798 Thinking

“Thats 1798 thinking” ~ Longford phrase meaning its an old fashioned notion and idealist, unlike modern reality To think like we did, …

How Lucky Are We

“Was it for this the Wild Geese fled?” Poor Irish – how lucky are we In these modern times, in our land …

Fear the Little People

The business man from America was in Ireland to see the sights In Blarney to see and kiss the stone, in Donegal …

Was Your Dad a Metre Man?

Did he install the meters Or did he stand in the way Of the men who installed the metres But were sent …

Reboot Banagher Horse Fair…

We will see you, as a sure thing, in September On the Main Street among the proud horses there We’ll walk among …

Being the Embarrassing Relations

Embarrassing relations – we all have them ! You put them upstairs, or in a back room So they are not seen, …

We Are Not the Enemy

We are not the enemy, the folk who pay the bills, Who try to pay their mortgages, who themselves through suicide kills …

Marching for Water in Tullamore

Rain falls from where some denied it falls Washed the streets over which protesters calls Echos to where the water falls from: …

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 …

Life Itself For Sale

The water we drink is up for sale That falls free from the sky The frackers for profit pollute the groundwater Its …

They Took from Us

We lost our fire stations, it costs to much to save our lives Not enough folk die from fires, is the reason …