Monthly Archives: October 2020

Rocky # Jimi Hendrix Bolt was too lofty Marciano too small All fine in theory But practice is all A prince on the wing Blonde David Duckham Gone in a flash By golly he’d cook em Gathering my thoughts At … Continue reading →

Ronald Reagan # Dolly Parton September mornings An Indian Summer Warming the homes Of south Wexford mummers Hazelnuts hang In family clusters Statesmen engage In rank filibuster Thistledown birds nests In Ballaghaderreen Old Ronnie Reagan Loved Ballyporeen Sad is the … Continue reading →

Toots Hibbert # Leonard Cohen & THE CURE Wee Man now sleeps No more to stunt Brave and foolhardy Blissfully blunt Sparks in the darkness And barrel top wagons Back to when Bulmers Sold cider in flagons Just off West … Continue reading →

Mandela # Cleopatra # Ronald Bell & Sinatra Golf ball sized conkers In Monasterboice I’d claim every chestnut If I had the choice Oak trees are swaying Near Wicklow’s Shillelagh Facing the storms Like Nelson Mandela The Strawberry Beds Roll … Continue reading →

Boris # Robert Browning Boris the brain Is blocking the exit Hedging his bets And playing with Brexit Yellow Brick Road E.John on piano Damo and Ivor And breakfast with Grano Echoes of royals The huge Rock of Cashel Gulls … Continue reading →

Ned Broy # Glenn Miller Triangle jingling Up in the Joy The Castle at Midnight And ghost of Ned Broy Thoughts for a legend Great Paul McGrath His friend has departed Farewell to his Ma Couples a courting They met … Continue reading →

Finnegan’s Wake # Daniel Prude A deft escape artist Andy Dufrain Crawled through a pipe As he sang Nancy Spain September sunshine Peeps through the trees Footprints form salt pools In Fethard on Sea The swan in the evening Sweeps … Continue reading →

Banna Strand # Jacob Blake. The Ramones. Wild Banna Strand Midst roars in the din Old ghosts still wait For the boat to come in Badgers in sets By the castle in Trim Where rabbits sit tight For the dawn … Continue reading →