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http://www.seamusheaneyhome.com/my-seamus-heaney/click-here-to-read-the-memories-and-stories-being/tom-clancy-a-poem-inspired/ Tom Clancy: A poem inspired September 29, 2016 Oak-Leaf Child (Seamus Heaney RIP) A chalk-white cob Sweeps over the Foyle today And a warming sun lends a peaceful smile. A linnet sings at Iniskeen As the bright one glides … Continue reading

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Stevie Wonder 70 Stevie’s turned seventy How can that be? I thought him much older Much older than me Reams of great lyrics Like hymns from the bees They say you are blind But yet you can see McGuinness is … Continue reading

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Florence 1820. A Nightingale sings After two hundred years Soldiers of God On treacherous frontiers The bright one’s cocooning Beyond in the park A true voice of freedom A light in the dark Just like Matt Talbot We are in … Continue reading

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Covid Days # Covid Ways A wop bop a loo bop A lop bamboom Poor Little Richard Has just left the room Bewick and Hooper And snowy Mute Swan Children of Lir And cold Una bhan Dylan is singing Of … Continue reading

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Corona Diaries and other stuff. Catalpa please come And take us away Away from corona To far Botany Bay Stockmen will wait With lamb on the spit Then we’ll pray For the lost ones And true Irish grit Dublin is … Continue reading

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