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I was introduced to death As an altar boy in church I carried the holy water for the priest We went to Tyldesley cemetery Coffin went in the ground I went back to class and took my seat   My father was introduced to death On Africa’s burning sands Saw a Scot’s lad drink himselfContinue reading “The Day She Died”

Matthew 19:13-15   We hear of childhood trauma all the time Grown up folk whose childhood was a crime That lass Anne Heche was dragged from town to town Abused tormented lost confused worn down   Let little children come to me The Lord so clearly states They are not lesser people Just smaller andContinue reading “Being A Child”

My brother walked on Blasket Mor Sacred island ground I saw it in a video The sight the scene the sound The likes of us O’Crohan said Will not be seen again The old way was dying out I saw it once back when   Back when I a child astor Came to my mother’sContinue reading “Out West”

Two Aussie girls have left us Songsters in their time Judith of the stunning voice Olivia eyes that shine   Olivia had those brilliant eyes That so attractive face Judith pretty in her youth Her voice the means of grace   Beauty can be damaging Men are all agog But the voice will sing foreverContinue reading “A Face and a Voice”

Matthew 19:3-12   The Taliban hide their women We put them on display No one gets it right Even to this day   We make a god of pleasure And woman is the field Her beauty our obsession Her fate with us is sealed   The Lord is asked a question Can men do whatContinue reading “Jesus and Sex”

A man stole my wallet in the airport I felt it found him would not let him go Eventually he dropped it Using slight of hand I picked it up and looked at him Disgusted let him go   I value what is mine It’s part of me The wallet held a photo of myContinue reading “Barcelona Airport”

Only a single grain A lonely destiny Nothing much to say For all we tried to be   If you’ve known a father, mother Family and friends You are blessed No other word Life has made amends   Suffering comes to all of us It just takes different form So easy with the negatives NoContinue reading “Where It Begins”

He ran the breadth of Ireland in a day A pint of Guinness in Galway A pint in Dublin Bay And someone brought bananas Others cereal bars And a jogger ran beside him To forewarn of motorcars   I have a map of Ireland on the wall From Galway to Dublin town not much atContinue reading “In My Mind(Not Carolina, Carrowmore)”

Help me Lord to follow you today In everything I think and do and say You’d think I’d know by now The road laid out the vow Every morning start again I pray   Van Der Valk the TV show policeman Brought to mind a wise man from the past Spinoza is the name OfContinue reading “Snippets of Spinoza”

Miners had the Davey lamp For seeing in the dark Protected by a glass Against a dangerous spark And a headlamp too for seeing Working down below Digging coal for Britain The power to make things go   Working folk in factories Women in cotton mills The din of endless moving frames Worked till theyContinue reading “Dressed For Action”

I saw a mountain peak As the coach drove up the road A pointy pyramid In its snow abode Further on I looked again And found that it had changed Now a table mountain Everything rearranged   So this is ‘point of view’ I thought The way we see the world Depends upon where we’reContinue reading “Point Of View”

Her shining face Her voice The Sixties’ sweetest sound The girl from Melbourne sang to us These strangers to our ground   Then the carnival was over The girl she left the band But her voice remained forever Special special sound   Shining eyes Gentle face Vocally sublime Lived her life in loveliness The songstressContinue reading “In Memoriam: Judith Durham”

People dismiss the heavenly That’s beyond our ken The human world is what we know The how and where and when We cannot trust what we don’t know What we cannot see or touch God is a word I do not know So can’t amount to much   But Jesus is the word of GodContinue reading “The Morning Star”

They were young and I was young And life was all before us Stonebridge Park in ’72 And happiness was o’er us The Amber Sands were playing Relations gathered round A Mayo Day completely We stood on holy ground   They met and wed in London But dreamed of Ireland west But years were livedContinue reading “Golden Days”

Mediation gave me a ringside seat At other people’s troubles To see the stress and hurt they brought Emotionally charged rubble Broken dreams and broken hearts Numbed against each other Trying to unravel ties That bound them both in bother   Sitting there it was clear to see How hurt so hinders health Negative pouredContinue reading “What We Say”