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Aug 2024 · 58
Go Figure
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
When Bin Laden selected 9/11
Sinwar Yahya, had but, October 7
These dates were perused
Because no others could be used
As both, are bank holidays in Heaven
Aug 2024 · 47
Limerick
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
It’s the pruning, that makes, tree
trunks stronger
Snip a *****, and it, becomes a donger
You’ll have a **** like an Igger
It may even get bigger
But ‘twas his nose that he noticed
got longer
Aug 2024 · 45
Odd Poem
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
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Fritz had a friend,
Pen’knife, her job
was fashioning
nibs on quills for
scribes and poets,
also the one who
put a dot on the i,
black in olden days,
she called it a w’ink.
Aug 2024 · 50
Haiku
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
5         7        5       with
a seasonal reference
     is a palindrome
Aug 2024 · 57
Haiku
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Palestinian

Chick  pees on David’s bagel

Israel bans hummus
Aug 2024 · 46
Haiqu
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Irish dyslexsick

Has a very high QI

It’s  5  7  5
Aug 2024 · 52
Press Release
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Joe Biden said Richard Harris was a fine
Vice President and when elected will fit
In perfectly well, at the Ovaltine Office.
Aug 2024 · 41
Irish Logic
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
One was Myopic, whilst
The other supposedly
Had Hyperopia, yet they
We’re both accused of
Voyeurism and duly
Locked up. But they had
An idea of how to break
Out of their prism, a tunnel
Vision, they synchronized
Their watches and planned
The escape at 20/20 exactly,
As it was the longest day of
The year. The only worry
They had was that of their
Shadows giving them away,
Because light can’t bend.
But, as the sun was setting
Their reflections would be
Low to the ground and that
Is why this poem is not called
SpecSavers, but, Irish Logic.
Aug 2024 · 50
Migrants
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Migrants

Overcrowding, would ya
look at it, the Milky Way,
far too many stars, bet
ya half of them are from
some other galaxy just
milking our solar system.

Take the moon, now that’s
a one, come day go day, now
you see it now you don’t.

Where does our light go, when
the darkness comes, tell me!

The sea is another skiver offer
high tide low tide Spring tide,
no tide, but that will be a lake.

And the earth does day trips
around it’s axis and once a
year a trip to the back of the sun.

The seasons seem to come
and go as they please but
they deciduously dump their
foliage all over the place.

Birds are economic migrants
pure and simple, especially
those ******* Swallows, did
you know that they have more
nests than one and they leave
their dropping’s everywhere.

Fortunately we’re on an island
or we’d be inundated with the
Transhumances every year
coming here for easy pickings.

****** excursionists the lot of
them, I think there should be a
wall constructed at the equator.

PETA are like all those government
agencies finding accommodation
for these strays when we should
be constructing kennels for our own.

Pest control I say, not passport
control and God knows what diseases
they’ve bringing into the country, is
there anyone checking, we are rabies
free, or should I say, we were!

These animals could have anything,
but what’s more concerning, is that
they’re mating with the native species.
Aug 2024 · 107
Limerick
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
There was Omni & Herbi & Carni
They set out, from Galway, to Blarney
Ending up in Duneen
Where but one, could be seen
You must now figure out who was Smarmy?
Aug 2024 · 52
Crescendo
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Condensation is when
conversations between
Hot and cold vaporizes

   Thunder is when it
    Is audible to their
  Immediate neighbors

   Lightening is when
    It is witnessed by
    The entire street
Aug 2024 · 109
Haiku
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Irish dyslexic
Has a very high QI
It’s    5     7     5
Aug 2024 · 61
1,000 Words
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Art is a universal visual,

           whereas,

poetry is tongue tied!
Aug 2024 · 41
Minor Role
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Acting Debut

I was too late for my
audition, so I ended
being a second, but
only just for a minute.
Aug 2024 · 42
Munch
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2024
Two Screams

Munch required no
Metaphorical trickery
To describe his agony.

But how’s a mere poet,
Expected to define his
Torrents of darkness?

I can see her Harp, yet,
Alas, Angel of the frothy
Nimbus, won’t let me play!
Jul 2024 · 41
Limerick
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Some say, I’m poet laureate, Penniferous
Yes my nom, of the plume, is Con’iferous
Because I write with a Quill
Using nibs of made of Bill
It is why, all my poems, are Vociferous!
Jul 2024 · 37
White Lines
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
White Lines

Sometimes they are continuous
Occasionally double or often
Broken but only not at all where
It is of no consequence.

They have a certain similarity to
Those delineations drawn up by
Churchill after the war, especially
Thé ruled ones of North Africa.

Around the time of these newly
Constructed corrals, a further
Restriction was imposed, it was
A branding iron improvement.

Passport seems an odd name
For a necessary document to
Go between two points where
There are no harbour masters!

But, just as white lines made to
Be crossed passport control can
Only be applicable at designated
Areas, welcome to the boat people.





The Proscribed Poet


Ps

What an anomaly
The three shortest
Books ever written.

The Italian book of
World war heroes
The Jewish book
Of business etiquette
And Blacks I met sailing.
Jul 2024 · 29
SDF
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
SDF
Sans Domicile Fix

SDF’s we are known as
In France but in my case
It’s even worse because
I can’t even stay put for
More than one night and
Away I go again on yet
Another geographical as
Per what defines both
The alcoholic and autistic.
The don’t call me the
Gaelavanter for nothing.
Jul 2024 · 33
Closure
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
I’m a poet, I am supposedly,
Able to fix things, with words.

I’m expected to create illusions,
find ways to make happy endings.

The vocabulary’s all there, at my
Disposal, it’s just a jigsaw puzzle.

It’s what I do, it’s my profession,
Get rid of the gloom, make smiles.

But does anyone ever consider that
Crucial pieces go missing, hinges!
Jul 2024 · 28
The Present
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Sounds ominous.

One would need
To be cautious, if
It were left at your
Gate, by a Greek.

But, contrary to the
Adage, not unwise
To check for molars.

Carpe Diem, because
After now, temps fugit,

And then, c’est trop ****,
Saddest words in the
English language!
Jul 2024 · 43
Esrevni
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Ym meop si etisoppo
Ot tahw si lamron, tub
I reffus morf aixelsyd.
Jul 2024 · 33
Dedication
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
My current poetry count
Is an epic 5,437, when
One considers that I only
Began in 2000 A.D. after
I stopped drinking alcohol.

I have decided to dedicate
This first tranche to two
Other poets,Lord  Ganesha
From Maha-Bharat India
And Holly B Barret Ireland.
Jul 2024 · 54
common usage
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Friends Of Ours

I have never used the term
always thought it was a bit
presumptuous, it could be
considered a sign of having
few or even no acquaintances,
or pending on whom they were,
namedropping, which is worse.

I bet you’ll never get to meet
them, en passant props used
for self agrandissement often
living in grand houses or with
big cars in a photo of course.
But have you noticed, these
people disappear, frequently.

What about, you’ll never believe
who I ran into today? a child’s
game begins and you must say,
who? And before you are told,
the scene has to be set up with
a few seconds thrown in, the
entourage, one could be Fritz.
Jul 2024 · 45
Economic Migrants
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Mixed Metaphor suitable
for Irish racists.


Overcrowding, would ya
look at it, the constellation,
far too many stars, bet
ya half of them are from
some other galaxy just
milking our solar system.

Take the moon, now that’s
a one, come day go day, now
you see it now you don’t.

Where does our light go, when
the darkness comes, tell me!

The sea is another skiver offer
high tide low tide Spring tide,
no tide, but that will be a lake.

The earth does day trips
around it’s axis and once a
year a trip to the back of the sun.

The seasons seem to come
and go as they please but
they deciduously dump their
foliage all over the place.

Birds are economic migrants
pure and simple, especially
those ******* Swallows, did
you know that they have more
nests than one and they leave
their dropping’s everywhere.

Fortunately we’re on an island
or we’d be inundated with the
Transhumances every year
coming here for easy pickings.

****** excursionists the lot of
them, I think there should be a
wall constructed at the equator.

PETA are like all those government
agencies finding accommodation
for these strays when we should
be constructing kennels for our own.

Pest control I say, not passport
control and God knows what diseases
they’re bringing into the country, is
there anyone checking, we are rabies
free, or should I say, we were!

These animals could have anything,
but what’s more concerning, is that
they’re mating with the native species.
Jul 2024 · 52
The Evil Ones
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Brahms Lullaby

Israel can never know
Peace, and is unable
To sleep, because the
Insomnia of evil will be
Their incurable tinnitus.

No amount of pillows,
No amount of sedation,
No amount of sheep,
No amount of anything.
They’ll not stop rocking you.
Jul 2024 · 39
Alzheimers
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
They shoot horses but only
When they fall and break a
Leg or when they are too old
To work and turned out by
Their masters when then are
Sent to the knackers yard.

But the race is in progress
And yet after failing to stop
Him competing, Genocide
Joe tries to put the front
Runner down in full view of
The media and the world.

What a ******* Alzheimer’s
Is, he has no recollection of it.
Jul 2024 · 26
Joe B
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
The Alzheimer’s assassination,
Sorry, association of Ireland said
That they want to disassociate
Their organization with Genocide
Joe because he is not Abiden by
The ancient charter of diaspora,
Which is, ‘’ we forgive but we
Never forget ‘’. This means that
Genocide Joe is not welcome in
The 40 shades of green anymore.
Jul 2024 · 43
US
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
US
Donny T Bag
Said that Joe Biden thinks
PG Tips is a hand book
For Presidential Geriatrics
Jul 2024 · 52
From Netflix Show
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Falling Star
        
Dallas Cowboys – Logos Download

  I stand wide gait
  arms spread and
   head pointed to
     the sky, at my
   celestial sisters.

  Shine brightly on
   your milky way,
   rehearse again,
   for the millionth
   time, perfection.

    Galaxy Girls on
  the most watched
  playing field in our
  universe, prairie of
   the almighty one.

  Entertainers to the
  world, inspirational,
beyond exceptional,
aspirational, but not
for me, I’m trop petite!


              ---



Ryan O'Leary (Ireland)
             For
© to Ariana McClure

18 July 2024

        <>
Jul 2024 · 43
Irish Poem
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
/
‘’ Fade ‘’ Mile Failte

Yes, the sun eventually set in the
Brutish Empire, last rays dimmed
the 40 shades of our welcome mat.

Our lament is over, no more Lodge
at the entrance, we’re emancipated
not even a gateman for thé trains.

We became born again, *******,
**** the black babies, the lot of
them should have been aborted.

Mother Theresa was a fossil faced
***** and Kuntae Kintae got what
he deserved,

**** Bangladesh Bob Geldof and
Band Aid,
Jul 2024 · 41
Outage Poem
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Not politically correct to
Say      out anymore
Although there’s a form
Writing called       out
Poetry whereby words
Are erased from existing
Texts using a        felt tip.

If I was a        person I
I would find it offensive
When the teacher tells
A student to go and erase
The white board because
When I was a wee lad back
In Ireland, we had        boards
And boxes to collect money
For the      babies. So when I
Read about Microsoft IT Outage
I knew they meant         out.
Jul 2024 · 41
Limerick for Bread
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
In Norway their bread is called Brod

In Kristiansand their bakery’s named Odd

They use flour that is Leven

Which is all milled in Heaven

And grown Bio/Organic by God.
Jul 2024 · 39
The Biden Quatrain
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
.         Donny T

He was cheated in 2020
He was framed in 2021
He was prosecuted in 2023
He was shot in 2024
Jul 2024 · 46
Snippet of info
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
A Frenchman translated
Joyce’s poem for Bloomsday.

On reading it he exclaimed
Une omelette sans beurre.

Indeed, apparently it lost all
Of its content and meaning.

Edward Fitzgerald read a
Translation of the Rubyiatt.

My God he said. What’s all
The talk about Khayyam?

He went and learned Persian
Just to read the Quatrains.

James Joyce learned the
Entire Norwegian language.

He done so, simply to read
One poem by Hendrik Ibsen.

The poem was Peer Gynt and
Then he abandoned Norwegan.

When Ibsen died in Oslo, the
Funeral was delayed for Joyce.

I am close to Ibsen birthplace
And will visit his grave in Oslo.

Next, we need to find out about
Roald Amusden the South Poler.
Jul 2024 · 38
Think About This?
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
V - S U A  - .


I could be a small l,
like this l, which is,
oddly, the first digit.

The moral is, if three
refugees were white,
we’d only notice, none!
Jul 2024 · 30
Thought Bubbles
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Helium Heads cannot
conceal what they are
thinking, tell tale signs
    give them away.

Body language, eye
contact, handshakes
are but a few, Dracula
     has no shadow!

We mirror what’s in
   our imaginations,
   feigned empathy
    has no vibration.
Jul 2024 · 27
Sky Walkers
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Everyone wants to get high,
as on hills, just like Hillary.

Steeplejacks with no heads
for heights, become Abseilers.

I’m a sky rider, I took a bicycle to
where no one ever dared, before.

Icarus returned without his wings,
and I came back without my peddles.
Jul 2024 · 62
Irish Refugee
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Legalized

If I stay here long enough
they said I could become
naturalized, which I think
is a bit like, homogenized.

Imagine that, normalized,
after being scrutinized, I
would be synchronized to
become more harmonized.

But how does that work
because I am ostracized
demonized even despised,
perhaps I’ll be hypnotized.

Ah: I get it, I’ll be baptized
no longer marginalized, I
will become civilized and
one day I will be canonized!
Jul 2024 · 30
Lament for USA
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Brown girl in the ? ()val
US of A and not of Yeovil
A president but by default
Joe bye then was brought to halt.


Ps

It’s true, any auld eejit can be president
Jul 2024 · 23
Listeners
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
.    Fear not the talkers
     Or their echoes but
     When an ear on the
Wall falls to the ground
And green grass whispers
What the grapevine heard,
It is time for Hush Puppy
  Sneakers to eavesdrop!
Jul 2024 · 26
Fraternity Sorority
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Unisex

In days of dual toilets
males never had to
worry about Wet Bot,
because we raised the
seats when urinating.

But since the advent
of political correctness
equal opportunity and
gender inclusiveness,
a terrible duty was born.

The age of reciprocation,
and indeed chivalry have
been lost in the transition
of individualism, women do
not lift seats, but complain!
Jul 2024 · 26
Art
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Art
Art Has No Comparison

I always wanted to be an
Artist but the professor
Told me I had no eye for
Colour. Detail, dimension
Or perspective, ‘thé arts
In any form are not for you’.

So I took his advice and
Used my Penicillus for a
Totally Different purpose.
Jul 2024 · 24
Rescued
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
What I miss about home
Is the rain the greenness
And the pint of Harp, says
All there is to say about us.

We all wish we were home,
Or, that we never left and
Be it Sally O’Brien or Shep
The dog, we all have regrets.

But imagine arriving without
A word of the language, not
Understanding the culture,
Who wants to be a refugee?
Jul 2024 · 21
Lucky, Black Cats?
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Have you ever owned
A black car, do you
Prefer brown shoes?

Do you use the term
Black Out (in plural)?

Did you ever paint a
Red door a different
Colour?

Do you drink flat
Guinness or Irish
Coffee without
The cream?
Jul 2024 · 22
-----Palette-----
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
If I was asked to paint
a metaphorical picture,
give it aroma, even taste!

I would achieve that by
poetic license, I’d simply,
change the title, to Palate.
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Du Jardin bought a van and it’s Zippy
Phoned me up, because I am a Chippy
Can you convert this Camper?
Charlotte said ‘’ Revamp Her ‘’
I’ll be Britain’s, first ever, Miss Whippy.
Jul 2024 · 27
Arctic Circle
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
.               O

It has without doubt a
glacial circumference,
and of course, there’s
a Stygian gloom, under
what appears, snowdrift,
until one tastes it, that is!


                _/

It's a Pint Of Guinness
Jul 2024 · 84
Gaelavanter
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
I am familiar with truancy
which in ways was what
led to my vagrancy and
eventual immigrancy, so
I have experience of how
life feels to be in itinerancy
and constant unexpectancy
and I don’t think refugees
should be branded with
delinquency especially
with the current frequency.
Jul 2024 · 48
More on Irish Racism
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Fir gan Teanga

Sectarianism colonized their souls
Language colonized their words
Hate colonized their hearts

Refugees came without swords

But racism by those, merely shows,
That they are still colonized, by an
Inheritance, from their past masters.

                           <>
Fir Gan Teanga is Irish for Men
without a language.

The Irish were not only colonised
geographically but also linguisticly.

Tir Gan Teanga means a country
without a tongue
Jul 2024 · 45
UEFA Poem
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2024
Ref Ref Ref

It is time to blow the whistle

Everyone can see it’s a foul

We don’t need VAR it’s blatant

Muslims/******* can’t play here

This is a white christian stadium

Ukraine subs ok they’re not blackallah’s

We’re Irish we’re not racist (but)

We never went to any of their countries

We never forced our religion on anyone

We never turned up anywhere as refugees

We don’t want our green pitch, jungled

We don’t want any of those Riff Raff Ref.
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