Category Archives: Poetry

Alcatraz # Johnny Hates Jazz # Mike Slemen Floating Spike Island Our own Alcatraz A great pace to kip And Johnny Hates Jazz And so we have reached The year’s shortest day Soon the first Lambs Will leap prance and … Continue reading →

Charley Pride # John le Carré # Emmylou & Co Another sad victim Sweet Charley Pride All time and a day For tears to subside Swans bow their heads In bleak Tarmonbarry A spy by the fire Good bye John … Continue reading →

John Lennon # Barbara Windsor # Paolo Rossi Four decades now Please give peace a chance John Lennon still sings Of love and romance A big crock of gold And a punk with some pep I just saw the film … Continue reading →

Ballyjamesduff # Day-Lewis # Peter Alliss Dublin v Cavan It’s time for some snuff Come home Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff Tipp versus Mayo It’s been a long wait Since terror and slaughter Burst through the gate Two sibling steeples God’s … Continue reading →

Ballyjamesduff # Day-Lewis # Peter Aliss. Dublin v Cavan It’s time for some snuff Come home Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff Tipp versus Mayo It’s been a long wait Since terror and slaughter Burst through the gate Two sibling steeples God’s … Continue reading →

Morrissey # Robbie Keane # David Prowse # Michael Harding Gloomy old days Alas there’s some light Music and song It’s the Toy Show tonight Dinosaur bones In Islandmagee Sweet county Antrim Pure gold by the sea Words are like … Continue reading →

Skip James # Dylan Thomas # St Patrick The slick picking style Of Bluesman Skip James A man down in Clare Got a rap of a hames Jig time and reel time A few polkas too Marches and hornpipes In … Continue reading →

# Luke # Juliette Greco Luke would be eighty This dank winter’s day Our great balladeer A star through the grey A Jewel on the lake By lovely Portnoo Dawn at Doon Fort And pale blue on blue Blood on … Continue reading →

Ray Clemence # Mount Leinster # Marc Bolan ## Clean from the bog Gold Broighter Hoard All pulling together All welcome aboard A safe pair of hands A genius in essence The whistle has blown For keeper Ray Clemence A … Continue reading →

Fungie. Our friend from the deep A premier danseur Jumped into the stars A friendship so pure A beauty once sang Oh ‘Nothing Compares’ A tear on the cheek Now trumpeters blare An angel regaled you Her song on the … Continue reading →