Shore Road to Roscam Abbey
I walked upon an ancient road Slowly taken now by the sea, The Atlantic tides ebbed and flowed I walked the line …
I walked upon an ancient road Slowly taken now by the sea, The Atlantic tides ebbed and flowed I walked the line …
The barmaid said to the biker Bulfin “God speed all bikers and give them sense” Left him bemused and me amused As …
A path led on in the peaceful woods, And ended all too soon Cut in two by a wide new road Each …
I walk in town to which confined For nine more weeks I bring to mind The graves I would visit today Of …
From Mars, far far away A spaceship sent pictures today Of a distant planet in outerspace That could be a desert, or …
A month or so into lockdown, Willie Rimes was finding it hard All the pubs were shut, nothing to do Outside the …
Man for man, and gun for gun, Mere peasants stood to the test, With faith in God and their fellow man, They …
Enough rope given will cause the man To hang, who is greedy for rope – Such given caused a coup, impeachment Concession, …
Airs that filled the Granard air Echo to us this day Fingers danced on the taut strings Of the harps that the …
A year has passed, like a decade gone, It feels we have aged, Every one has a different take On the new …
Time long ago – a hundred years – in a land where welcomes were slim A team came together – Brother Walfrid, …
All was set for the Christmas The tinsel glistened on the tree, The star wasn’t even crooked As in other years all …
My first stageplay, “Lapot” hit the virtual stage with an online reading of an extract of it by “Evas Echo” Theatre here …
“Sullivan The Poet” as Michael Sullivan referred to himself, was a writer I came across online well over a decade ago. I …
Just this week, homeless activists tied 56 black baloons outside Dail Eireann to highlight those who died while homeless in 2020 alone. …
One of the most bizarre – if true – stories from the American War of Independence tells of a Sergent McCarthy on …
Looking back through photos, a shot of Lough Nabelwy reminded me of one of my favourite walks in North Longford, and of …
We see the splinters in Americas eye Who from COVID19 have quarter of a million dead: Its smug to sneer Trump …
To those who whom we do not write, It might be good to do so this year, For they may have no …
This little verse of faith I wrote some years back, and am putting online again. A cry, silent in the night, Taken …