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The coming coronation of King Charles Takes place upon a Cosmati mosaic floor And somewhere up above Looking down in love The azure blue of Mary’s windows show   My cousin Hughie made that fine design Lady chapel blue And it is fine And so we see connection From Glencullen to the King Stained glassContinue reading “Connection”

I’ve lived my life Though it’s not over What do I do next? Use what you’ve learned To help another No need for getting vexed   No demands are made of me No work I have to do Except to live life every day And try now to be true   If what you doContinue reading “Walk Together”

The Tories fear the end is nigh DUP the same And so they fight to carry on Have to win the game But maybe now the game is up The writing’s on the wall The dial has moved the mood has changed You’re heading for a fall   Boris lives by bluster Inhabits the twilightContinue reading “Here Is The News”

England needs to be less If it would be more It has been too much for far too long Time to close the store Protestantism Empire Industrial revolution All of these now gone You need a new solution   Diehards speak of Union Let us preserve UK It has never been an easy ride LetContinue reading “England”

Dislodged in dry dock A ship blown by the wind Disturbing force Dangerous betimes Better stay indoors When gales are blowing through The world tossed in turmoil Nothing you can do   A ship for deep sea searches War graves and shipwrecks Comes a cropper in the wind At angle all the decks People injuredContinue reading “Wind Blow”

‘Yet even if these forget I will never forget you’ Words of Isaiah Are they are they true?   When I feel abandoned Quiet at close of day When all around is darkness What then can I say?   Does no one remember me? All my loved ones fled Am I old and lonely now?Continue reading “Forget Me Not”

I remember days When I didn’t want to know When waking up was sadness Nowhere I want to go When energy for living Had sorely drained away And getting out of bed Too much for me today   A man beside a healing pool Ill nigh forty years Lives now with his illness A comfortContinue reading “Well Then?”

He put a pistol to his head But you lighted candles in the dark From your room you saw the Torah burn Bonfires of hate on Kristallnacht we learn A fire to rage for years and miles and years The fire of guns the ovens in their turn The burning rage inside a violent heartContinue reading “Transport Child”

The DUP says  ‘no’ Never never never It comes as no surprise That’s them ever ever And fair enough I have to say True to themselves they are They cannot contemplate the green That a step too far   Plantation was an imposition A ruse that led to war But once imposed and taken rootContinue reading “A New Ireland”

Twenty years ago today We witnessed shock and awe The American compulsion To take themselves to war Unleashing bombs destroying lives Out for great revenge We can do it so we will An out and out power binge   And we’re complicit so we are Ordered by Tony Blair A decent pleasant honest chap LeftContinue reading “White Man’s World”

  It was a quiet country pub I visited each day At evening time when work was done I walked along the way Through the quiet village lane Paper in my hand Ordered my pint and took my seat Looked out on Austen’s land   Leaded windows cosy chair A glass of healthy beer AndContinue reading “Therapy”

Mother’s Day today I didn’t know I’d seen some cards in Waitrose But that was days ago And all the mammys in my life Have vanished with the snow My own dear Mum and Margaret Have died some years ago   But my clan was blessed with mothers I bless them all today And countContinue reading “Mum’s The Word”

  A man born blind can see And people with sight are blind A powerful lesson here And one for us now mind   We have our way of seeing things Our frame of reference And we don’t like being disturbed By things that don’t make sense   And if we have authority And likeContinue reading “Eye Sight”

It isn’t sport When only one team wins When money talks And players walk To join the team of teams   It isn’t sport This pressing game Choking all the space Like killing your opponent Aggressive in his face   It isn’t sport When winning Is the only game in town And fans become fanaticContinue reading “Not For Me”

‘Come home mother dying’ So the telegram said And my Mammy went home to Ireland To find her mother dead   Those were years of crisis For the family My father’s health was broken I was nowhere near   My mother then went out to work Domestic service first But soon she got her skatesContinue reading “Darkness Into Light”