Posts in category Moral
Fighters Not For An Empire Growing
Groups of folk, guarded by laws
Written to benefit them by their own kind
Pillage and plunder, and tear asunder
History and heritage, profits to find.
But there are people, who worship not their God
Who will stand the Graves of the Ancients safe to keep
In the face of pressure of progress and profits
They stand up to the corporates like dogs [...]
Poverty Makes All Things Possible
It was easier to fall in love when people were destitute.
- El Habib Louai
Faith in God, help of family,
They had a little home,
Then they had their family,
A world of their own.
Having nothing, anything
In its own way was good,
Everything was possibly…
Everybody could!!!
Faith in God is lesser now,
Family don’t want to know
Th [...]
Blog – Savita, a Tragedy of Err...
The Savita case is a tragedy of errors that ought never have happened, and while no-one has been blamed as responsible as such – nothing new there – it is clear that free for all abortion would not solve the issue, and is a separate issue that cannot be used to argue for or against the abortion.
Why was a section not done? The mo [...]
Silver Words from a Mouth of Iron
Jacob and Esau — LORENZO GHIBERTI
It is not he, the despised, but he who has returned…
You knew me last when but a boy when I left,
I, a man, return to you, much time passed,
But love and respect for you, in my heart strong…
“Cast the brigand to the road!” the order I gave
The fool walks the paths with his kine,
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The Woman Behind the Veil — The...
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Pope Francis – A New Tsar at th...
Pope Francis – Blessing the Catholic faithful while not condemning the African cardinal who said those who have sex with kids were sick and not criminals
The Vatican appoints a new Tsar…
Fawning, the faithful, joyfully welcome him
Forget wrongs past committed against man
And more importantly, against God.
In their lust to obtain a [...]
Three Men Look Upon A Horse
A well fed man, when he sees a horse, he sees a pet for riding,
Across the country side all of the day,
A noble beast, in stables to be kept
“I am lucky to have such a horse”, he’ll say.
A poor man, when he sees a horse, he sees a machine for working,
To pull a cart, or maybe plough the land
No famcy reins or grooming of its [...]
You Are The Ocean
“You are not a drop in the ocean… You are the Ocean, in a Drop”
- Rumi
Atlantic Ocean – Morocco Fishing Village
We are but cogs in the great wheel of life
Keep your place, quiet, do not be bold
Everyone has their rank in the chaos of life
Keep to yours, be obedient, we are told.
But life is not machine, mankind are not [...]
A Smile Unseen At Night
A smile by us unseen
In the darkness of night
A stranger greets a stranger
Who has come into sight
But the stranger he stops not
Or dallies for a while
He knows unless he has money
There no point in returning the smile…
And a few yards behind him
Another man by walks
At whom the lady smiles
And him, he stops and talks
A moment from life on th [...]
Pride, the False Friend of a Fool
Pride is the false friend of a fool
Who is but shallow within
Gives himself power that he does not possess
It is also a mortal sin.
It fuels both fools and Fuhrers
Though the difference I don’t see
For the Fuhrer was a fool, and proud people are bullies
That was all Hitler would ever be…
In the small world we call our lives
As we on ano [...]
Ten Ducklings and Three Men
Tony Kahn, a Boston DJ, told of a story how a
ducks loss of all her chicks led him to meet and bond
with the rough people from quite literally the wrong
side of the road.
In the quietness of the evening
Towards the end of day,
A duck and ten ducklings
Slowly made their way
Towards a pond at the end of the road
Across a road of traffic lanes t [...]
A Right Wingers Modest Proposal for t...
Kill your children, working classes, we don’t want you on the dole
Kill your children, their only fetus’s, only tissue, are not whole
Abortion is the answer, pregnancy a phase, your not really up the pole
Done worry about religion, there is no God, you got no soul.
So lets tell the people how they can live
And not dive a damn abou [...]
“Pretty Ribbons of Red” &...
Another high profile event, World AIDS day comes and goes, gets a high profile, and is then forgotten about by mainstream society… as it does not affect them.We in Ireland forget, that in communities like Dublins Northside, orginisations such as Open Heart House provide HIV/AIDS support to infectees on a daily basis.Two years ago ̵ [...]
The Shepherd, the Wolf, The Ewe, and ...
This story, while a moral tale in its own right, is based on the tragic tale of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died this week in UCG Hospital in Galway Ireland, after she needed her baby removed from her womb at 17 weeks gestation to save her life. Teh doctor, being pro-life and wanting to stay within the law, said not until the baby die [...]
Blog – Savita Praveen Halappana...
At first glance, issues surrounding the tragic death of Savita Praveen have nothing to do with poets or poetry, but on closer inspection, writers being the conscience of society and the chroniclers of history do have a duty to speak on the issue of the time – abortion in this case - as they see it.
Savita Praveen, as I understand even [...]
The Atheist and the Thief
I
Two men in life once came to grief,
One was an atheist, the other, a thief,
They shared a cell for a time brief,
And discussed their views on life.
As they passed the time along,
They discussed right and debated wrong,
An occasionally burst into song,
Lamenting the world and its strife.
II
The atheist in wonder stared
At the thief, who of h [...]
A Gun Gets a Body – Not a Bird
A gun gives you the body, not the bird.
~Henry David Thoreau
A man went to get a bird
His child wanted one for fun
And to down the creature
He brought with him a gun
And out upon the moor on day
A flock flew above his head
He loaded, aimed and fired
And shot a bird down dead
And he went home happy
Rang his child, said he brought home a bird
A [...]
But Tales for Children Now
But tales for children now
And even then not often told
For children have no interest
In fairy tales told by the old
In a world full of Playstations
And other types of video game
Playing is not what it was
And our values are not the same.
Stupid stories that are called today
We forget times age old rule
Every story contains a moral
Understood [...]
Those Who Perfection Seek Shall Be Sm...
Those who total perfection seek shall be smited for their Pride
For to achieve perfection is to say you are better than all others
God made man with qualities of both bad and good inside
No one, though he may think himself to be, is any better than another
Some seek perfection in faith, declare here other beliefs
And decree that damned others [...]
Two Birds Felled With One Stone
With one stone cast two birds fell dead,
The act, how did he do?
Was his aim all that great
He who by the stone was threw?
And of his skill should he be proud?
Such a thing to do?
What was the secret to his skill
Of which he boasted he could do?
Ah, no the faker, it was not so
The truth must be confessed
The stone was thrown from a meter high [...]
Card Castle of Pride
We know it is forbidden – the sin of pride
But can we love ourselves if we dont have pride?
For we are but nothing if ourselves we cant have
In who we are and what we do some pride
Of who we are and where we are from we must
To be human, be not afraid to have pride
But let it not to excess define us
That we as man are a being of pride
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Dogma Must Die
The death of dogma is the birth of morality.
~ Immanuel Kant
Dogma, dogma, dogma… it must die
For it is not faith that makes men fight
But rather the belief, unerring
That they alone are right.
Its not enough to know God
Or to love him and say your prayers
But is how you say them, in the public eye
As you try to avoid disapproving star [...]
Dreams of De Valera
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Open Sky and Shining Sun
Read this poem in Italian
An open sky and shining sun
And not a cloud to be seen
Is but a picture on a postcard
Of some place I have been
As I look out at the rain
That never seems to cease
What good is good weather I ask
If people don’t know peace?
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Lady Godiva the Good
Lady Godiva the Good
Decreed that ride through town she would
As sure as that on the ground she stood
Unless her husband ceded
The taxes high that he extracted
For the king that benefited
And made the laws that were enacted
That the kingdom needed
Being of one deep of faith well known
And being the wife of the Lord his own
Her concern to him [...]
OCCUPY
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Words to a Poet
The louse can see no class or creed
Upon the subject on which it does feed
Both opportunity and need
Dictate where it srikes.
It looks not on colour of skin
Whether or not the lady does sin
Cares not for hearts or whats within
Once he finds somewhere he likes.
I am not haugty, or a snob
Care not for he accent from yer gob
If you are manly, or [...]
What We See, We Are
We don’t see things the way they are. We see them the way WE are - Talmud.
We see, we think, the way it is
Situation difficult, destination far
What we see is not what it is
But a reflection on what we are
If fit, if up to the challenge presented
For a long wak with happy heart we set
And trudge the long miles after each other contented
Looki [...]
Jesus in the Synagogue
With apostles sat
Jesus in the synagogue
To women walk in
One gives a little
A lot of money given
By the other one
The Question He asks
To the disciples sat there
Which gave most money
They Wise, able to count
Said the rich woman gave most
Derided as mere fools
For the poor woman
Gave all that she had, it all
Not what she could spare.
As in [...]
