Loss Ireland Poems

A lovely week spent on the Antrim coast
the weather was decent but not wonderful
seeing such lovely scenery so green
spectacular views of the hills, a hidden...

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These old paths of mine still dear to me 
Lead through the woods to the timeless sea 
Bringing back life's bittersweet memories 
As I walk...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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And there are words, often useless, often noise
Sometimes they are more
Small pieces of a history set free
Bit by bit they leave and take
Small shards of...

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Mother's fine old broach had I worn
on the edge of my green jacket 
that I'd bought to keep me warm 
-but the shamrock undid its...

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Seven gun shots, three of them taken by me!
Now and forever, I sit permanently here in this uniquely customized chair today.
I can't feel ****, I'm...

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Once a week, like clockwork
McGee goes to the Pub
The barman smiles and asks him
"What can I get you, Bub"

McGee with three fingers up
Shouts out "Just...

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The reaper rhymes a rhyme to Riddle me
"Your Castles gone", he said, "now go be free"
But "What" I pray, "will be my Legacy?"
"The air you...

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Oh God what is wrong with your people
Can you feel it, the pain and the loss
Are we each to be martyred and broken
Our sentence to...

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To be called ..
            ~   Grandma is a Honor ~

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It was a wet November day
on the motorway to Cork
waiting at traffic lights
a tiny man shuffled towards me
frail, bald and alone,
his piercing eyes beseeching,
palms outstretched,...

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Small rock church backed
By a massive mountain tall
Relic of the past...

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