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If you were buried in Faulmore You’d have no need of heaven You’d have to say You were already there A place of mountain sea and sky Shining sun at evening O how happy just to lie Now no sense of grieving   But beauty by itself we know Won’t put food on the tableContinue reading “Far Far Away”

Joanna Yeates a lovely girl Murdered Christmastime Body in the snow A lovely face a lovely lass We watch her image as she passed And came back home To meet her sudden doom   Her next-door neighbour Murderer Drinks in pornography Then attacks this helpless lass His lust to satisfy   Her landlord Chris ArrestedContinue reading “Body In The Snow”

An upset tum kept me awake Kept me from my sleep So I turned it to advantage At my Samsung phone I peep And over in America A tennis match in play Emma Raducanu I hope things go her way   That Greek girl looks a hefty foe Big and strong and blazing But Emma’sContinue reading “Match Point”

  I watched Jack Grealish play last night In the Poland tie They couldn’t get the ball off him No matter how they’d try So they fouled him and they fouled him They put him on the deck He was kicked and he was buffeted Bloody ‘ell by ‘eck   He never lost the ballContinue reading “Match Report”

I have a home A refuge from the cold A shelter from the wind and rain Here I can grow old No need to claim asylum No one is after me Here I am warm and cosy My own dear sanctuary   I haven’t come ashore On Lampedusa Or risked the English Channel Called LaContinue reading “The Shores Of Lampedusa”

From one so young It’s wonderful to hear Still 18 and playing without fear There are nerves of course it’s natural And natural is her charm A smile so bright New York delight All enemies disarm   Her tennis is impressive The experts tells me so She moves so well so freely round the courtContinue reading “Wisdom On A Tennis Court”

Cathedral Rocks of Inis na Bro Straight rising to the sky Towering cliffs of energy A powerhouse they lie Off the coast of Kerry All alone at sea Bursting from the ocean main Magnificent to see   A neighbour to the Blasket Isle Tall stoney columns rise And fulmars soar above their point Hymn singingContinue reading “Cathedral Rising”

Well, Brian, you landed on your feet Was often said to me A wife a son a happy home So yes I must agree Though years of struggle came before A sad unhappy time I landed on my feet for sure Yes that will make a rhyme   Then I lost what I had foundContinue reading “Makarios”

Bin Laden in Afghanistan Becomes a superman Surrounded by a seminary Of like-minded young men The Soviets are the enemy Eventually they leave And you are now a hero But no enemy you perceive   But our life is being a warrior The only trade we know So enemies must be found Jihad must haveContinue reading “Closed Seminary”

Sleek white pencil cutting through the green London train Out of Stirling station Sitting at my bus stop Ochil Hills beyond I’m glad I’m here In this Scottish nation   That pencil’s bound for London town Left Inverness at breakfast time A scenic journey south And leaving Stirling Edinburgh is next I took that trainContinue reading “The Train”

  I have just made a soda bread today It gives me so much pleasure I must say To be a co-creator in this world Theology at work in flour and tray   It reminds me of my mammy No need to say The lovely cakes she made back in the day Her recipe forContinue reading “Soda”

  ‘Heaven on earth’ he called it His camera sent the shot Dingle and the Blasket A land that time forgot Whitewashed little cabins A calm and rolling sea Islands in the ocean Sleeping peacefully   It’s beautiful for heaven’s sake Mountain sea and sky Ocean breeze and singing grass Fulmars way up high HomeContinue reading “Earth Sea And Sky”

I remember Father Berry in the pulpit Tall man came from Nelson POW He stood there speaking Packed church all intently Listening to every word he said   I am drawn to this Is that why I remember? The power of words well spoken To instruct And more than that To ignite and inspire AndContinue reading “I am, I said”

The photo on this website Is of a finger of the sea That creeps inland from ocean-wide Clew Bay Sailing boats at anchor There ‘blue remembered hills’ Corraun mountain Achill lies beyond   To the left and out of shot Sheila’s Cottage stands My sister’s home Retired from Dusseldorf No German trams run down thisContinue reading “Sheila’s Cottage”

One hundred and five years have passed Since my mother’s birth And look at all that’s happened Here upon the earth A world war was waging The time that she was born  A second one would come along How the world was torn Then Korea Vietnam That bother in Iraq Trouble in Afganistan Twin TowersContinue reading “Ellen Fahy nee Carey(5 September 1916 – 23 October 2010)”