The Great Irish Bank Robbery

by | Mar 16, 2010 | Poetry

Paddy O’Flynn and his sidekick called Dunne Decided to rob the bank with a gun But sorry to say their planning would fail And end with these buckos lounging in jail The day that they walked in through the bank door And told all the people to lay on the floor Was an...

Fickle is the Crowd

by | Mar 4, 2010 | Poetry

The excited crowds had waited To watch their Saviour pass The palms tree fronds they gathered They laid before His ass They cheered as if He’d conquered The Romans by Himself Had banished them forever And gave them all their wealth His foes were far from happy They...

The Little Green Man

by | Feb 25, 2010 | Poetry

I was happily walking my dog in the park When a little green man passed me by He too was walking his pet on a lead And I couldn’t help wondering why The dog that he had was sporting six legs With two tails that wagged to and fro It’s swivelling eyes looked two ways at...

Rhyme and Reason

by | Feb 24, 2010 | Poetry

You might think I’m old fashioned Or maybe out of time But I like poems that flow well And finish with a rhyme This may not be to your taste Can’t please you all the time But every poem that I write Will finish with a rhyme Now if you find this irksome One thing you...

All That Training

by | Feb 23, 2010 | Poetry

All that training Each sleepless night Can’t prepare you For the sight Of comrades killed by IED Blown apart in front of me All that training Nerves on edge The urge to kill How low to dredge The mind of enemy unseen Long since gone and left the scene All that...