Long Fergal Poems

A stone round standing fortress crowns forever beauty
The name translated to english Grianan means sunny spot or sun temple
The land bows down inspirational the view 
seat of the high kings dating back to 1700 B.C
Overlooking...

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I write upon the page 
Words plucked from the air 
The clarity of the moment passes 
My words falter, fade and disappear 
Return a moment later 
Vibrant with life 
Razor sharp and crystal clear, 
The...

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In the thick fog of dawn 
Everything is unclear 
Dull and overcast 
I awaken, drowsy, half-asleep 
And enter into the day, 
The earth is new
The trees, the sky
The distant panorama 
The surrounding landscape is fresh...

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NOTE ON THE POEM 

Suicide ideation torments and afflicts the lives of millions of people around the world. In my own life, the pain and torment of suicidal thoughts drove me in desperation to God;...

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Yes, little frog 
You were floating downstream 
On the surface of a giant leaf
Carried along by the swift current 
Navigating your way around 
The thick forrest of weeds 
And through the dense undergrowth 
That runs...

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I saw a homeless man 
Begging on O'connell bridge 
Behind him the dark stagnant waters of the Liffey 
Flowing aimlessly along the quays,
All around him a large crowd of people 
Walking to and fro
And somewhere...

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Overcome with anger 
He grabbed a knife 
Ran to the front 
Of the auditorium 
And lunged at the little clown 
In the  centre of the stage, 

What followed was a violent struggle 
Between the...

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Should time eradicate all my fears and doubts 
The painful memories of my troubled past 
The cruel and biting words from unfriendly mouths 
And grant inner peace and contentment at last, 
Should time with a...

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What if this strange, tired, sleeping world 
Should one day waken from its slumber 
And like the cold hand of death unfurled 
Revealing dark secrets that lie among its number, 
Exposing in the clear light...

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In walking mist between the sunshowers
A careless passerby stumbles
He stares awkwardly for a moment 
And then carries himself onwards, 
I could have known him but for his haste 
And was sure something familiar struck me...

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The night 
        African 
             Wild
On the Serengeti plains 
      ...

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Condemned to a place of darkness 
Beneath the molten surface of the earth 
Full of wailing screams and cries, utter distress 
Of wretched souls tormented by the second death, 
Conscious of all that led them...

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I don't remember if the invitation 
Came late at night or early in the morning, 
If I arrived by carriage 
Or if I made my way on foot 
To the palace entrance, 
If the royal...

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 
Imprisoned under the communist dictatorship 
Of Joseph Stalin,
Survived the horrific conditions 
Of the Gulag Archipelago, 
And believed that all these 
Terrible atrocities happened, 
Because "Men have forgotten God."


     ...

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It begins with an itch 
The little child scratches it
Once or twice 
But the itch grows 
And soon the little child 
Is scratching constantly;
A feverish red patch of skin 
Irritated by constant scratching 
The itch...

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Now that the world 
Is upside down 
Inside out 
Back to front 
Turned around 
And standing on its head, 

Now that the truth 
Is vilified 
Spat upon 
And trampled underfoot, 

What of those 
Who dare...

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Was his spirit destined to write 
The great poet crafting his verse 
Words of beauty and profound insight 
That time and posterity should rehearse, 
Was it the power of his imagination 
Creating drama, intrigue, murder...

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Then in the midst of wild excitement I did play 
Among the trees and sapple grass 
Bright with the spirit of a summer's day,
Wearing my youthful bliss outward 
With dazzling smile and prancing step
And others...

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All pleasures delight  as the breaking of dawn
When the dark veil arises to illuminate anew
And the fresh cheer of life is breathed in song
And the eye is filled with a gratifying hue
Of bright colors...

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Watson and Crick
After eighteen months 
Of scientific research 
Discovered the chemical structure 
Of dna, 
              The double helix 

Ushering in a new
And...

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Always someone  at the window 
Looking out onto the street 
Always some curious face 
Man or woman 
Young or old 
At the window 
Looking out onto the street, 
     ...

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Undoubtedly a microchip 
Or something else 
Implanted in the right hand
Or in the forehead,
And this is the mark
Of the beast 
His name and number 
The number of a man 
Six hundred and sixty six, 
Deceiving...

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Thrown on a heap
   Of rubbish 
Beyond the reach 
   Of a little child 
The old grandfather clock 
   Lying on its side,
And how he longed 
  ...

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Whenever I hear the heavens sing 
Or see the sun shining down 
Or behold any living thing 
That walks on this hallowed ground, 
Whenever I see the earth in spring 
Fertile and blooming with life...

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If I Should Die 
When the autumn leaves 
Are trampled underfoot 
When the earth is cold and bare 
And the sky is overcast and grey,
If all that I possess in life 
Precious loved ones and...

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