Roses With No Thorns Upon their Stems
There were no thorns upon the stems That she held in her hand there Being as false as the love that did …
Three Roses In Her Hand
Three roses she held in her hand For all the world to see One each from two Pretenders A single rose from …
Never Mind the Heartache, Always Get the Verse
A friend of mine and fellow Tullamore Rhymer Anthony Sullivan has a quotation that goes something along the lines of “Never mind …
She Walks Not the Paths I Find Familiar
She walks not the paths I find familiar Underfoot clear ground and sound stone That I have walked heretofor in life Foot …
Fleeting Shadows Confuse the Walker
The game of love, which others find so effortless, so it appears, to this traveller of lifes journey is confusing at the …
To One Side I Must Cast My Pen
Verses written win all hearts bar hers She is a slave to life, passion and chance: I am a walker of safe …
Life Flies By
Villages fly by as I Life’s eternal wanderer Who seeks to put down root From where his people came Do not stop …
She Loves Me Not, The Dandelion Said
“Elle m’aime un peu, non, pas du tout” The game of blowing on a dandelion stating does the object of your affections …
Alchemy in Reverse
The wizard that is life and its cruel blows Takes the dreams we have been sold Smashes them before our very eyes …
Heart Turned To Gold or Stone
The heart shall turn forged by life, love and pain To gold, or maybe to stone, To be mined from the chest …
Give to Me a Bawdy and Loud Lady
Give to me a bawdy and loud lady One who dances, swears and sings Who loves my friends the more for their …
Cupid the Hitman
There’s a little fella flying, He’s appearing here and there, Striking victims at random, He can appear anywhere! The police put out …
Walking Away
Music: Guilherme Schroeter Singing: Guilherme Schroeter Lyrics: Tomás Ó Cárthaigh
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 …
To See Her, To Love But Her, And Forever
Music and singing by Guillherme Schroeter. Words Tomás Ó Cárthaigh To see her was to love her The radiance of her smile …
The Ride
Getting cleaned up to get dirty The lecherous to the uptight Young folk, auld folk, all folk Hoping to score tonight. Getting …
Bloody War of Romance
It died at birth, not that it lived Just a notion, foolish, a man Has to dream, to live, to desire But …
Lest a Man Fall Foul of the Midnight Court
Background – on reading the satirical Aisling poem “The Midnight Court” by Brian Merriman, I thought how I would fare if so …
Lettera D’amore
Cara mia, ti voglio bene… “My darling, I love you The words to her I wanted to say But I never did, …
I As Solomon, Seek My Shulem Maiden
Where art thou gone, maiden fair That I as mine desired to be But I was as the army last time we …