Wooden weaving loom with textile on it near window with yarn basket

“The Unseen Thread”

Welcome back. Following my last post, I want to take you further into the world of 'The Weaver.' For me, this term is a gentle way to talk about the Creator of all things, linking the beauty of nature and our Irish heritage with a higher power. In other words that higher power is God, … Continue reading “The Unseen Thread”

A solitary tree with glowing roots spreading across a surreal landscape under a ringed planet.

The Land That Knows Me

This has been a Poem that I have wanted to compose for the longest time. But also I have never revealed exactly where I grew up and still call home. Even though I now live in the town of Ballincollig on the outer limits of Cork city. I have eventually decided to reveal where I … Continue reading The Land That Knows Me

The Colour of Love

I have taken a step to change the style of my Poetry a Little bit. All to further learn a few of the steps, those poets who came before us took, to create their Poetry. The style I have written in for the last while has been fun. It is one which I love. I … Continue reading The Colour of Love

Woven Light

On my journey to learn how to compose an honest pure Poem. To start, I set about composing from imagination until it reached a completed phase. I learned that one will over dress a work. It never fully becomes a good poem. One must strip it of all decorative words. These words are devoid of … Continue reading Woven Light

The Faithful Fire

I have been working on techniques of disguising words. I am learning how to hide sentences into a poem. These are often unseen by the reader. Today's Poem should show how much of a success this has been. There had been several situations in recent weeks that helped bring rise to this Poem. Which also … Continue reading The Faithful Fire

On This Road — A Quiet Journey Home

I sat silently at the dining table one morning. Country music was playing via Bluetooth to my hearing aids. Alan Jackson "The Older I Get" was playing. This song took me off in deep thought. I began musing through my own life. Through the rights and many wrongs, from Blessings and deep heartaches, a long … Continue reading On This Road — A Quiet Journey Home

Finding Inspiration for Poem Writing

My aim is to share a brief tip on creating a poem from seemingly nothing. This can be useful when the ability to compose a poem seems to have left you temporarily. Instead, I am sharing my five cents' worth of views. These ideas can be used during such times or to explore creativity in … Continue reading Finding Inspiration for Poem Writing

Highway of the Risen Son

Today I have a Poem that I will not compose any words to introduce for! Instead I will let the Poem speak for itself. I will be interested in any and all comments on this poem or any of my Poetry in the comments as always. All that I will say this Poem came from … Continue reading Highway of the Risen Son

River Without Sound

Introduction: I decided to edit this introduction because it did not appear right in any way I looked at it. The Poem below is what resulted from a little experiment with a Topic for my Poetry, especially this one. The Topic is being without one of you senses, in this case being without the ability … Continue reading River Without Sound