A little dated, perhaps – but worth a run, I think – especially since the poet was an old classmate of mine!
Poems
Intimations of Immortality
Dear Santanta: beset as you clearly are this summer morn with intimations of mortality, I thought perhaps … Wordsworth’s Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood … ?
this is just the first stanza …
The suit and the coat …
The suit and the coat with the corduroy collar
Designed to make you believe
Their pressures in life are greater than yours
Because they have a degree
Warrenpoint Nite-Out
Our regular contributor Brian Fearon has his own volume of Poetry on sale, that might make an ideal Christmas present.
It’s called “At the Kitchen Table: an Original Selection of Poetry, Lyrics and Rhyme”.
Here’s another sample …
Well it’s time to put the shirt on
Press the trousers, clean the shoes
Get the old fat wallet
We’re going on the booze …
John Mitchel Ballad
I am a true-born Irishman
John Mitchel is my name
To free my own brave countrymen
From Newry town I came …
Why does no one visit me?
My place is neat and clean,
there are no locks on the gate.
It is a quiet area of town.
So why does no one visit me?