All Lives Matter

Rather than post a poem or a couple of photographs as I would normally do, I wanted to address a topic that The Media appears to put as number one focus. Not that of Hunger, starvation, nor that of Unjust War Or any form of War, because what war is just.  Neither is it this … Continue reading All Lives Matter

More from Photography Archives

Following recent posts of mine, these few shots are from 2019 during a visit to Fota Wildlife Park in County Cork (Ireland)   Not a lot can be said about this , except how well animals are looked after here and how majestic each animal is.     As we come out of Lock down … Continue reading More from Photography Archives

Some New Creations

Greeting,  It has been a number of days since i shared a couple of poems. When I came to write this  post, I only had one to share therefore I decided to experiment and write one as I composed this Blog. The first poem below is that attempt and would welcome any  thoughts on this... … Continue reading Some New Creations

Inspiration

I have been thinking of  what to write tonight here and was stirred or inspired would be more suitable a term, to post something that is a little different. A song that stirs  up pride in the country of my Birth and being Irish, plus its use of both the Irish Language (Irish one of … Continue reading Inspiration

My Animal of Choice: Birds

Amongst my favourite animal species to photograph are Birds.   From my own pet a Galah Cockatoo a temperamental inquisitive Bird. To The Collared Dove a Bird I described as almost artificial in appearance, a stunning silky look on their coating.  Then there are what we call House Sparrows.  I managed to capture a family of … Continue reading My Animal of Choice: Birds

Poetry Straight from the Pen

Today I wanted to share a couple of poems that I composed just before posting here. As an experiment and to gauge how it is received and what folks think of them.   I long to take a silent stroll where beauty is all around consumed by desire no control To fulfil a dream where … Continue reading Poetry Straight from the Pen

Poetry of Faith

Over the years I have written a number of what people could call spiritual poetry, BUT I would rather term them as Poetry on Faith... The first such Poem written in Sonnet form I simply called Sonnet 1.  My inspiration as I stated before was  from John Donne 1572 -1631.  Many of his poetry was … Continue reading Poetry of Faith

After Church Poetry.

Hi I have a couple of poems to share here with all.. Both were written after a visit to church , before all this lockdown stuff..  First I have no name on it. But again it allows people to find their own opinion etc on the poem.     Watching the Sands of time flowing … Continue reading After Church Poetry.

More Photography

  Continuing a look  through a few Photographs from 2019 I dusted these few off as it were to show the variation or not depending on the view one would take.  The simple objects, animals and buildings can often become a wonderful story on a photograph.. Each of these were taken in various locations during … Continue reading More Photography

Poetry During Lockdown

There are occasions that I experiment with poetry and poetic styles... Especially in an attempt to get across to any reader what state my mind was in, especially combining that with what I had in mind with such a poem.. One such example would be the following. Although I am not 100 % happy with … Continue reading Poetry During Lockdown