Friday, June 29, 2012

Writers' Groups

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Tip of needles Tap of bones Swish of rushes Slap of stones You’d expect me to be delighted when my lines appeared in one of Germa...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Boots

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I would have dreamt or wished too much,   cashed all my cheques in the clouds;   but I, wearing boots,   stamped all my trans...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Country Childhood

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There is no doubt that my Roscommon childhood has been idealised in this poem, but yet, I honestly believe that I had a very privileged upbr...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

When Less is More

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I had forgotten this poem from Felos aínda serra; it was drawn to my attention recently. It came without too much effort, maybe that’s why...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Banks

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A number of years ago, I had occasion to call into a bank of which I am not a customer. While there, an official suggested that I open an ac...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Caught, Tangled in Old Years.

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    Caught, tangled in old years; young man,   the brambles have made you delicately eccentric; your ears are closed but t...
Friday, June 1, 2012

Memory of My Father on Lough Ree

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It was so safe and reassuring to walk as a child holding your father’s hand. How great and powerful fathers appeared to their seven year o...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Coping, Not Coping

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You screamed, no one heard; you wondered if you had screamed at all. I asked where the lines on your face had come from; another one a...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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The Silver River Jacket, shirt and shoes, his socks and trousers; that bundle neat on the bank; a small crowd watching from the bridg...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Gorgeous Music

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Zakir Hussain's "Making Music" (1986) is one of my favourite albums. With Jan Garbarek,John McLaughlin and Hariprasad Chaurasi...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

A Poem for the Horticulturist with a Soft Spot for Opera

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The flower that swallowed people, already swollen to an indecent beauty, swallowed an opera-singer and thrilled the world incredul...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Time to Celebrate

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Passing time, whether ticking clocks, autumns or daffodils, has always been a rich ground for poets. The year passes on in a succession...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Group Photograph After The War

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

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A woman is looking out of a dark house onto a sun-drenched street. There is only her old face, enamel white and expressionless; and th...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum

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I was rather surprised some time back to find an introduction and a poem from my second  collection "Turn Your Head" in a blog tit...