#IrishPoetry
9 Ardee Street
9 Ardee Street
A home within the city boundaries
Where residents were so kind
They’d drop in for an idle chat
To some a release of mind
As close communities stick together
Helping in times of need
A bond of trust that’s shown by all
In thoughts and word and deed
But alas the wind of change come
And...
A Christmas Wish To All
Tony Gorman, our non resident – resident poet, as written this beautiful poem to get everybody in the Christmas Mood, with an important message to think of those without this year. Thanks Tony!
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Katie Taylor/ Truly a Champion of 3 World Title’s
Katie Taylor/ Truly a Champion of 3 World Title’s
Step up to the podium our Irish heroine
You’ve fought so bravely in your fights time and time again
You pass the pain barrier to reach the end result
And not to recognise that feat is definitely an insult
For the people hold you in their hearts for...
A Time for Change Tony Gorman
A Time for Change. by/Tony Gorman
Our resident poet Tony Gorman delivers this appeal to stop the waste and to consider our environment before it is far too late
Our planets in an awful state
because of humans ways
In time our lives be poisoned
by an environmental killing craze
Of fly tipping and dumping
leaving...
Season to Season
A beautiful poem by our resident Poet Tony Gorman about the changing of the seasons, goodbye for now summer.
My Poem for National Poetry Day
Season to Season. By/ Tony Gorman
All withered and dying are the flowers and the weeds
A time when they all are spreading their seeds
When crops have been cropped...
The Old Chestnut Tree
The Old Chestnut Tree
Under the spreading chestnut tree I pondered for a while
And touch the trunk in wonderment of its roots within the soil
For to bear a weight such as this the grip is deep below
And the water that it feeds on that makes it thrive and grow
And in its foliage small birds nest when...
“Oh Yes” I remember it well
“Oh Yes” I remember it well 14th December 2015 by/Tony Gorman
Remember those days when we were young
And Christmas came our way
And the dreams of all our presents
Were delivered on a sleigh
And that jolly man who brought them
With his calls of ho- ho- ho
With his white beard and red outfit
He stole...
Wicklow 6th December 2015
Glendalough winter
Wicklow 6th December 2015 by/Tony Gorman
If you were a lady my love would be endless
For the scenes that you showed are engraved in my heart
Of mountains and rivers and silver sand sea shores
And the waves from tides that keeps us apart
But when I am with you I’m lost in your beauty
Of...
The Irish Immigrant
by/ Tony Gorman
Across the waves we made our home
Across the oceans wide
Across the seas on foreign shores
Arrived by air and tide
We built our lives on what was there
We worked at what we could
We mingled with the people there
And only right we should
They accepted us for who we were
They accepted...
Fantasia 4th October 2012
Fantasia 4th October 2012
One night by the light of the moon
The clothesline came alive
The shirt caused the blouse to swoon
When asked up to dance for a jive
The socks and the nylons they danced
Their footwork mesmerised all the rest
In excitement a bra hit the ground
But there wasn’t a sign of a...
A Dream of Earth 6th August 2015
A Dream of Earth 6th August 2015 by/Tony Gorman
I dreamt I was an earthling on the planet they call earth
I dreamt my human mother was the one that gave me birth
I learned that just from listening it taught me how they speak
On the planet where I come from we converse with just a squeak
And in my dream...
A Lesson in Life 24th July 2015
A Lesson in Life 24th July 2015
Our lives are like the flowers that grow from the tiniest of seeds
And Mother Nature’s there for them to tender all their needs
And within her soil she cuddle’s them through all the winters’ snows
Away from all the dangers of frost when cold winds blows
And in springtime...
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
She is fierce, powerful, a magnitude of emotion
crashing ferociously against the hardened rocks.
She glistens in the sunlight and for a moment, is serene.
She is beautiful, yet terrifying. You love and fear her.
You are in awe of her power and beauty.
She symbolises a part of you, that...
The Disappearance of Old Dublin – To Clearys
The Disappearance of Old Dublin – To Clearys
The Disappearance of Old Dublin 17th June 2015 by/Tony Gorman
The fading sights of old Dublin Town
It started when old Nelson came down
If he stood there today his pension be ripe
And tourists be showing him on IPod and Skype
And the Metropole followed...
Molly Malone the Queen of the crop
Molly Malone the Queen of the crop 17th April 2015 by/Tony Gorman
Our Molly Malone V is in the news wowing all around
In a way we never thought for something so profound
For she swept them all aside with her jumping full of grace
And showed those other horses her agility and pace
She brought the Irish...
Cheltenham Festival 10th March 2015
Cheltenham Festival 10th March 2015
Colours so bright like a kaleidoscope light
Mingling in everyone’s brain
Good is the going of the turf under hooves
As sunshine replaces the rain
Horses well groomed from head to tail
Head lad’s feeling as proud as punch
Hoping a prize will come their way
As the...
