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One stitch...

 
with each stitch she knits,
she creates thoughts of love,
they grow and become a reality,
dreams become substance;
yarn around the needle,
slip one knit one,
the pattern of life’s twists and turns,
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Barney

God knows, it was not unexpected, Barney,
but the shock wounded my soul,
your life was full laughter,
bleary eyed mornings,
head thumping to the rhythm of tunes
played into the late hours,
for the fun of it,
and to make a living.

Barney, you lived every second,
made that banjo come alive,
accompanying a voice
often gravelly from last night's merriment,

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New Address


Fiddler's Green has cause to rejoice,
Barney and his banjo are there,
though I know, if we had a choice,
he'd be playing his tunes down here.

He enriched the lives of many,
with his Dubliner brand of charm,
I don't believe there is any,
on whom he wished any harm.

He's up there with Ronnie and Luke,
old Dubliners reunited,

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Fiddler's Green


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1UEj7jIa_s

As I walked by the dockside one evening so fair
To view the salt waters and take in the salt air

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Apres Mahon Tribunal

The tribunal’s over, things are hectic,
it’s not just the tanks, the system is septic,
People should notice, Bertie didn’t lie,
untruths are different, I don’t know why.

 
Pee Flynn has three houses, he needs them all,
and farm in his wife’s name where the trees grow tall,
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ANZAC Time

 It's time to remember the fallen and the brave,
who fought so that Australia would be free,
who volunteered despite the threat of the grave,
slaughtered by the Turks in a blood red sea.

Year after year, the soldiers marched with pride,
with Waltzing Matilda loudly playing,
to commemorate their comrades who died,
their unforgotten respects all paying.

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What is Love?




love is romantic, oft portrayed in pink,
with fluffy red cushioned hearts and flowers,
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I remember her


 I remember her...

I watch from the distance of time
as the child rummaged in bins
for tasty titbits outside the restaurants 
in Chinatown...

how she was filled with delight
when she was big enough to climb on the long wall
and skip along before the gardener told her to clear off,
she'd jump and giggle away...

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Standing on the Edge

 

standing on the edge of eternity
breathing deeply, her soul filled with love
that came too late for consummation;
no cures or potions to heal a failing body,
yet, an enlightened mind basks in the light of knowing.

wrapped in an aura of love,
an invincible cloak forming a force field
against the evils that once visited

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Grey Day

a night of dreaming
wakes to another grey day
no expectations

 

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