I Didn’t Do A Tap All Day
I didn’t do a tap all day
The time just seemed to slip away
I can’t believe it’s true but the minutes they just flew
And I didn’t do a tap all day

I didn’t do a tap all day
Now I find this very hard to say
My head was in a tizzy I was really very busy
And I didn’t do a tap all day

Every single morning, without any warning
When I roll out of bed
From my feet up to my head there’s
a rhythm oozing in me

Well it must be the season ‘cause without any reason
When I arose to-day
The rhythm had gone away and now
it’s confusing me

My day wouldn’t be complete
If I didn’t get to tap my feet
So, excuse me for a minute ‘cause you see
the time that’s in it
And I didn’t do a tap all day
By Michael Green

Is it Just Me?
I remember the time when poems would rhyme
And I could understand them
But nowadays it’s all a haze
The words seem all at random.

The Moon in June and Love from Above
Always went together
But now it seems you don’t need dreams
You can just talk about the weather.

They’ve an awful cheek to write as they speak
And then call that a poem
That to me is not poetry
Or, should I be in a home?
By Michael Green

Self Talk
When I watch ‘Me’
What do I see?
What’s going on in ‘Me’s’ head?
It could be the arguments of yesterday,
The pros and cons and explanations,
Disagreements with relations,
Or even the revelations, I heard on the TV stations
If I watch ‘Me’s’ head, while it’s thinking,
I get a very good inkling
About what ‘Me’ is at
As I hear the self chat.
And it’s very interesting to ‘I’
To find out what going on with ‘ME’.
By Carmel McCarthy

Tsunami
All Mighty Nature shows her hand
A wave of terror strikes the land.
It tears all peace and joy away
That Tsunami, on Saint Stephen’s day.

The Indian Ocean,
Its earth crust broken,
Lashes, with violent might,
Young, old alike,
No time for flight,
Sucked in by the torrent,
Leaves only torment,
Survivors, seen in TV shots
Distraught, stunned, shocked,
How can they understand?

Mere mortals feel abandoned.
‘TheWest’ now responding, as is right
With very many, many flights
Of aid, to ease their plight.
In years to come, I hope, we’ll see
These lands, of sunshine smiling
By Carmel McCarthy

Buried Treasure
I’m digging in my garden
And my heart begins to sing,
As I’m burying my treasure
That I’ll find again in Spring.

I’ve handfuls of gold dust
That I’ll scatter near the gate,
And underneath the cherry tree
Are ‘pieces of eight’.

If the weatherman says ‘Blizzards’,
Snow– or any other thing,
I won’t worry, as my treasure
Will be safe until the Spring.

I’ll have daffodils and crocuses,
And my heart again will sing
As I see my ‘treasures’ blossom
I will thank God for Spring.
By Marie McAuliffe

Little Christmas
The excitement of
seeing new faces
visit our small
farm completed
for another year
as relations
and neighbours
calling for
Christmas cease.
Feeling lonesome
for the red
berried holly
and the crib
packed away
with the brass
candlesticks,
the cosy
atmosphere of
coloured crepe
paper decorations,
cards and posters
depicting Merry
Christmas, Happy
New Year placed
in old shoe boxes.
Letters that came
with parcels from
America put aside
For acknowledgement.
Having to wait
twelve months for
Christmas cake,
plum pudding and
the extra groceries
purchased from
Murray’s shop in
the town and the
local Co-op, time
seems infinite.
By Mary Guckian

After Sunday Mass
After Sunday Mass,
good men would gather,
to greet with welcoming hands,
talk of the week just gone-
all that was lost and saved-
‘til one would say, when on his way,
“We’ll get no breakfast here”.
By Thos. Maher

Love / Hate
You are selfish, annoying but loving and kind
I think you are one thing then I change my mind
I want you to leave but then I want you to stay
I love when you speak but hate everything you say

You drive me crazy completely insane
I hate you I love you I just cannot explain
You are pushy and grumpy but generous and caring
I love how you dress but hate everything
you’re wearing

Now that you’ve read this here’s what to do
Realise I love the things that I hate about you.
Therese Murphy (aged 16)


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