Being one who grew up with a very keen interest in Irish National affairs, especially in relation to Irish History and the impact it has had on people in general. Even towards an event that happened in ireland just a little over 100 years ago. That of Irish Independence, even if it meant a division … Continue reading An Ode to Who Matters
Tag: Poems
Lament For Caring Eyes
Having worked on todays poem yesterday, I found myself unable to complete and post before now. I also found myself beginning to write with one topic in mind, but half way through composing I found this poem taking steps to finish this writing with a vastly different topic in mind. This is something that I … Continue reading Lament For Caring Eyes
Truth in Disguise
As I look upon my poetry collection here on blog, I have noticed that many of which I write are of those I have begun to term Social and Society Poetry. In other words Poetry that are aimed at a portion or aspect of Social life which I have written into poetry in some forms. … Continue reading Truth in Disguise
Glass Towers
Sitting about home today I strived to write of love, to bring to the fore a new poem to inspire. BUT none would feel suited or stand the course. Instead I began to write of what I saw within my heart, something that was burning deep and burning hard to find a way out as … Continue reading Glass Towers
Loves Haste
Back in 1983 One of irelands great folk singers, Luke Kelly, made his final performance (sadly he passed away in 1984), In that final performance he sung The Night Visiting song. A Scottish folk song that has seen many try to understand and even tell what the song was about etc. The Night visiting song … Continue reading Loves Haste
Old Dog’s and New Tricks
From the first days that I started to write poetry, I found myself set to experiment on how I wriote poetry and even certain styles and patterns. Once I returned to education in the 1990's I found myself influenced more so by certain poets and inspired in other ways by John Donne (1572 - 1631 … Continue reading Old Dog’s and New Tricks
Life’s Walk
I know many writers and poets go through periods of time when one struggles to get motivated enough to sit and compose such creative pieces as the poem below. These past few days I had been struggling to get into such a mindset to sit and write as I always would. Eventually I managed to … Continue reading Life’s Walk
The Sea of Love
Once more I continue my journey of composing poetry in the form of sonnets. My desire is to find, amongst other reasons, a sonnet style and rhyming method that fits how I wish to write. It is my perfectionist self that seeks to learn and use styles and methods that best work for me. As … Continue reading The Sea of Love
Sides Differ
In continuing on my treck of working on sonnets I set to compose a sonnet that seeks to point the obvious bias and press, when it comes to Political sides, especially in the western world of politics. Also within a world that is all but plastered with Left wing political ideals. there is a tendency … Continue reading Sides Differ
Pipe Dreams Crash
In recent days I had a desire to revisit the art of creating sonnets, OR in the least improving my ability in relation to writing sonnets. There may be some who may not agree with how such sonnets are formed, BUT I move to learn as I write, thus todays poem is a Sonnet and … Continue reading Pipe Dreams Crash