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
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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
Beacon in the Lost Lanes
Todays post I stray intentionally out of my lane as it were to create a poem that has become a form of devotional. It is without any apology, A christian based Poem and carries the Faith I hold. Preface This poem was written as a prayer shaped in verse, born from wandering through fear, doubt, … Continue reading Beacon in the Lost Lanes
No Gate Left to Open
Today's Poem became more of an extra workout mentally as I expected, there was a lot of rewrites and all to fit a vision. I Hope and pray that this has worked out and folks enjoy this read. Note: This Poem was born from a vision of a Love that lasted beyond life. It tells … Continue reading No Gate Left to Open