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364 · Oct 2024
-----Poems of Passion-----
Ryan O'Leary Oct 2024
.           Interpol regulators are
            putting APB’s on poets
            with empathy for Gaza.

             Anti Semantic is what
             the charge is, and our
             poetry will be deleted.

             [Government Warning]
             reading or reproducing,
             even, reciting, is illegal!
363 · Oct 2022
Truss Limerick
Ryan O'Leary Oct 2022
It is time for a Uber U-turn

    Liz Truss has a lesson to learn

      She can't balance the books

         With the figures he cooks

  But was Kwasi the one to discern?
360 · May 2019
The Knackers Yard ©
Ryan O'Leary May 2019
When Enrico’s Olde Horse
Was Too Old to work, he was
turned out by his master.

It is a quote from a book when
we were at primary school and
perhaps what first signalled that
I was a Socialist, humanist,
naturalist, poet, herbivore as
observed and stated at one of
my book launches, by James Kennedy
the Ex Mayor of Mallow and current
contestant as a councillor.

I would love to know from whence
the quote came from, especially
now that I am in the same position
as Enrico’s Horse, the metaphor for
Enrico being The Fine Gael Government.

It is a very important lesson that has
taken me a lifetime to learn.

Ps


Proposed book title about the abuse
of the elderly " The Knackers Yard ".

The author is currently learning
how to **** whilst walking.
358 · Mar 2019
BRIP
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
Mourning after Brexit
The Black Widows of
BRUK in fishnet veils
be down by Dover to
watch an ebbing tide.

While en français
across the pond from
whence the Gallstone
did abscond, enfin, enfin,
will be their narquois snide.
358 · Jul 2018
Snakes & Leaders.
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2018
Did you know that Saint Patrick is attributed with
banishing the snakes from Ireland.
Personally I think that they should be brought back,
because when you have snakes, there are no rats.
357 · Dec 2024
The Amenity Prayer
Ryan O'Leary Dec 2024
God grant me the amenity
To reject the things I cannot exchange
Storage to arrange the things I can
And a woman to know the reference
355 · May 2019
Fondant
Ryan O'Leary May 2019
There has got to be a more poetic
way to express one's infatuation
for her, other than saying that,
I am in love. She must have had
a lifetime of sensual suitors who
were seduced by her beauty. If
one were to take a page out of
Antonio's book, regard beyond
the enticing, of Portia's caskets,
it is there you'll find those grains
of flour, yeasted by her fondness.

                  <>

For Sheila Fitzpatrick
Owner of ABC Organic
Bakery English Market
City of Cork Ireland.
354 · Apr 2019
Bridge
Ryan O'Leary Apr 2019
Two bottle necks meeting at the
same intersection in Mallow.

At least, the river has sense
enough to flow one direction,

Cork Council has no jurisdiction
over that, Heaven forbid!

One would assume that evolution
is not in evidence, therefore, familiarity

might be contributing to the illusion
of nothing's changed, so why alter it.

Ant tracks are the closest analogy one
could use as a visual example, or simile.

En passant traffic, pausing periodically
proximate, for a petit tete a tete, en route.

Mallow Bridge is a meeting place, where
people come to pass the time, literally.

Unfortunately, The Blackwater view is
obstructed, by imposing granite walls.

What if, we rallied for rails, those red lights
would no longer command our attention!


          <>


Mallow Bridge 1853
two lanes for horse carriages
and a pedestrian walkway.
354 · Nov 2018
Announcement.
Ryan O'Leary Nov 2018
There has just been an
announcement over the
intercom in 2 languages.

Chien Perdu, Dog Lost.

Attention Attention, a
photo of Arly has been
posted at the Pursers
office, if anyone knows
of his whereabouts, can
you please contact us.

Hmmm, I say to that, he
is no loss, noisy little runt.

Hope the Gulls got him.


Time now 12:56 C.E.T on
board Connemara en route
to Cork from Santander.
12th November 2018.
353 · Aug 2018
A Kerry Blue
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2018
Willie wrote to Santa Claus
requesting a Waterman™
for Christmas.

It rained a lot on the Eve,
back in Kerry.

On the morning of the 25th
Willie was awakened to a
tapping of glass from the
outside of his upstairs window.

He quickly stepped out of bed
on to a wool rug that went Baa.

It was a half dead sheep washed
up from the river (with blue markings)

Immediately, Willie put two and two
together, Chimney flooded, Santa
climbed up to give him his present!

Over he went, excited as anything,
opened the window and there was
Mickey Nugent in a rescue canoe.

Willie said, " There has been a mistake
Mickey, I asked for a Waterman™ and
not a fireman, **** off and take that
****** sheep up to Billy Mullane ".
352 · Jul 2019
# Mise Freisin
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2019
Tadgh Sé was Seacht when he discovered
Dara and Beirt behind a Trí.

Naoi, he said when they told him to get
Ocht.

Dó Dó Driscoll was summoned, he took
none of their nonsense.

Deich Ban Garda arrived with Aon, his first
day in Mallow, he asked, “ Who’s getting Náid “?

Cúig we join in, we don’t Ceathair about Amhain
off, besides, high time someone Ochtar.

Ps.

This is a colloquial poem in Irish and English
mixed, I don't expect many readers to understand.
351 · Mar 2019
April 1st.
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
Jour de Poisson
en France.
In the UK they
say, fools day!

He-Haws, is
how they are
often described
by the media.

Bankers, Accountants,
MP's Mep’s, PM’s Royals
Lords, Ladies, Gentlemen
Peers, Toffs, Tossers.


Cabog's, gobshites,
ignoramuses, mug's,
clowns, jerks, clots,
muggins, cuckoos.

But imagine, The British
only dedicate one solitary
day in every year to all
of these ****** eejits.
351 · Aug 2018
Hope Less.
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2018
It’s our aspirations which
make us unhappy.

Just like wet dreams,
the real imagined.

Lower expectations,
accept consequences.

We demand too much
of our leaders,

And lest we forget, we
are subjects, not citizens.

God save our Queen, at
least we have one.

Look at the French, no
role model for anything.

No aristocrats means
a common denominator,

Which as one can see
had to be set below low.

Be happy you are British,
hope less, you are more.
351 · Jun 2018
A Fresh Loaf
Ryan O'Leary Jun 2018
I can remember my grandmother
     taking eggs from under a hen
    and on the way back, squirting
        milk from the udder cow.
      Srish srash, srish srash into
           a galvanised bucket.

    Out on the sill, souring lactose
       looked like a white brain in
     preserving fluid and together
    with the chickens yolk, took on
     the same colour, as the house
               of yellowed ochre.

      The mixing bowl resembled a
      world war one soldiers helmet,
     with near escapes of hen pecked
        enamel and skirmishes with
                 under fed dogs.

       Hands hauled sifted flour in
         memorised cup-holds,
           salt, a pinch in haste,
               a curse removed,
             a shoulder blessed.

         Fire, of turf, which smoke
       the walls and time caressed.
       Soda rising, raisins bursting,
    window cooling, dough to crust.
347 · Jan 2019
No, No, No!
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2019
The difference between
what is real and is false,
is that the Irish genocide
truly occurred, but there
is n,ooo,ooo,ooo evidence
to substantiate the figures
for plagiarised versions.
345 · May 2019
Wicklow
Ryan O'Leary May 2019
A candle flickered
and lied about its
height,
but tear dropped
grease and waning
wax exposed the
threadbare trite.


ps.

We are in County Wick^Low
now, minding a pair of Donkeys.
344 · Nov 2019
An Anal Analogy.
Ryan O'Leary Nov 2019
At a dinner dance for dogs at
Derrybeg in County Donegal,
a sign at the door instructed
each and every species, to
undo their *** holes and hang
them in the cloakroom on
hooks provided.

This was of course, as a result
of the previous years mess on
the dance floor.

All the dogs respected the
request and everything was
going fine, without incident,
until a Dalmatian got into an
argument with a Dachshunde.

During the fracas, a kerosene
lamp was knocked to the floor,
before long, the hall was ablaze.

Smoke filled the corridors, panic
set in, barking howling is all one
could hear as all the dogs rushed
to the cloakroom picking up the
first ******* they could find.

That is why, to this day, in Ireland,
one can see canines in the parks
sniffing other dogs derrieres in
an effort to find their own.
343 · Jul 2018
Taxation
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2018
Re-vision
    Euro
  ( 2020 )

Mmmmm
Messi,
especially
when it
comes to
Dough
even
Ron-
Al-
Do.
Because
now he has
Turin over
to the Juve's
in Italie,
easier to
get a pound
of flesh !

Ask Portia.
343 · Oct 2019
Woofers.
Ryan O'Leary Oct 2019
It rained a bit in the night,
forest foliage and leafless
trees with water buds did
weep.

Down the side of an Oak,
trickles of a mossy dew
pooled at the root junction,
where our dogs drank from.

Not long after, when we
exited into an adjacent
field, their woofing began, it
must have been the bark juice !
342 · Feb 2019
Climate, change.
Ryan O'Leary Feb 2019
Means if you go on holidays
and it rains a lot in a place where
you were guaranteed sunshine,
they will give you a free sun
lamp when you return, to Direland
341 · Jan 2019
Connemara
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2019
--------------------------------
[ A location worthy of a  ]
[wooden corral, adorned]
[with a canvas quilt of     ]
[saturated impressions.   ]
----------------------------------

Connemara is an area of
Connaught in the west of
Ireland, it is the postage
stamp on an envelope, that
nobody ever dares to frank.
341 · Jul 2019
Dark Power.
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2019
.          Nocturnal.

              <>    <>

     The nails in my coffin
     won’t have no heads

                  bro

     There will be scratch
         marks on the lid

                  bro

      No stars, no stripes
     just scars and gripes

                  bro

          Stand Up Bro
            Kneel Bro
             Sit Sister.

         For your rights
        Join in the fights
        We don’t need no
     ******* Lights !


ps.

Rosa Parks Sat
Bob Marley Stood
Colin Kaepernick Knelt

ps x 2

Brexiter's turned SKCAB

---------------------------------

Co Copyrighted Poem © ©
With Rich Hues.
341 · May 2019
^^^^^^^^^^
Ryan O'Leary May 2019
Mightier than mites,
stalag trees steered
our eyes, skyward,
from the high hills
of County Wicklow.
338 · Dec 2020
Sligo
Ryan O'Leary Dec 2020
There are mountains
Benbulben is a beacon

There are lakes tied
to rivers and brooks

There are bye-ways
of The Drovers era

And romantic villages
with poetical names

It is bordered to Donegal
by a seminal chord

Which gives it a melodic
accent in regional intonation.
335 · Dec 2022
Cross Avian
Ryan O'Leary Dec 2022
.       Cross Avian
          

Out beyond the treble

  Glazed window (˚<

Proper Gander was

Miming something in

Bird talk to (˚> Dumb

        Down Duck.

      "Get Plucked"
332 · Mar 2019
1847 Encore.
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
Today is the day
according to May
half in & half out
is how it will play.

Cut a maggot in two
the divide as we do
don't care if it lives
I haven't a clue.

Ireland is split
think we give a ****
I stood on the border
faced south so to spit.

I'm done with that lot
one and all is a sot
nothing but troubles
since the year dot.

I know we can win
if we try once again
starve into submission
with another famine.

The Ayes to the right
with a unified fight
for one and for all
no mind of their plight.


FURY AS TOP TORY WARNS: ‘WE CAN STARVE THE IRISH’ | AOH Home ...
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British Tory MP suggested using the possibility of food shortages in Ireland to coerce negotiators into dropping their opposition to the remilitarisation of the border area after Brexit.
332 · May 2019
Ni - Gel.
Ryan O'Leary May 2019
Poubelle Corbyn, recycle
your compost, it is the
dung thing in your position.
The See - Saw has come to
a halt, out weighed by May,
thus leaving you high and sly.
Go back to your allotment, try
and grow yourself a pumpkin
for Halloween and don't forget
a penny for the Guy, that'll be
Farage, with the Ni- Gel, for
shafting you all and rightly so!
331 · Oct 2021
≈ ABBA ≈
Ryan O'Leary Oct 2021
I am not sure whether
                            Agnetha is dyslexic
or Anni a palindromist.
                             There is no point in
asking Benny or Bjorn.
                        Chiquitita was unable
to tell them what’s wrong.
                    So, why is ABBA written
backwards in lipstick, on the
              mirror, between two kisses?
328 · Jan 2023
Deliverence
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
.                Deliverence


       Freedom wears feathers

   and so long as we cage birds

     our interpretation of liberty

         will always define us.
328 · Jun 2020
Non Natives
Ryan O'Leary Jun 2020
In recent years there is
a trend of culling by
killing non native species.

Possum's in New Zealand,
Rabbits in Australia and
Grey Squirrels in Gt Britain.

Attempts at wiping out
native populations by
non native colonials
occurred in America
where the indigenous
Indians were slaughtered
by the millions.

Australia issued licences
to hunt Aborigines recent
as 1908.

Fr. Felice Vaggioli wrote
a book about The British
treatment of Maori which
was banned. An attempt to
wipe out New Zealand Maori
was almost successful.

Efforts were also made to
eradicate the Irish by the
British = Scots Welsh English
known collectively as WASP's.
White Anglo Saxon Presbyterians.

When one has a WASP infestation
what do you do, seriously, what ?

Therein lieth the solution to the US
problem if you answered correctly!
327 · Aug 2018
Myanmar
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2018
Imelda Marcos had only three
hundred and sixty five pairs of
footwear. Every leap year once in
four, she went shoeless for charity.


Muslim Women fled barefoot to
Bangladesh from Burma, because
Aung San Suu Kyi believed, that
charity must always begin at home!
325 · Dec 2018
In Seine
Ryan O'Leary Dec 2018
I saw a yellow vest,
submerged, under
Le Pont Neuf.

I yelled for a Buoy,
in French, une bouée,
feminine, seemed odd!
324 · Feb 2022
Poem
Ryan O'Leary Feb 2022
.                 Solace in Soliloquy

        Today’s depression has taken
        me into a trough, a concave of
     stalagmites, a damp dark dungeon.
     But for the insulated cotton wool sky
   I would scream so loud as quarantined
thunder behind designated pales of silence.
320 · Mar 2019
Hale, Littler.
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
Indeed, and why not,
small is beautiful, but
also healthier than large.
Ageing and fatting are
a symbiotic pair of which
youth and gaunt are the
inverse, hence the Title!
320 · Jan 2019
I be LIE ve
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2019
I beLIEve in truth fairy's,
I beLIEve in the grape vine
I beLIEve in ghosts
I beLIEve in old wives tales
I beLIEve in the will of God
I beLIEve in optical illusions
I beLIEve in word play
I beLIEve in simulation
I beLIEve in subliminal deception.
I beLIEve in what I <> <> only !

Ps.

Hear LIE's the Truth.
316 · Aug 2022
Haiku
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2022
a perfect haiku

               with seventeen syllables

If you Count Dracul'
315 · Sep 2018
Blossom.
Ryan O'Leary Sep 2018
The umbilical cord
through which mother
earth receives the
necessary ingredients
for her pallet of Spring,
is the rainbow!
312 · Feb 2022
New Flash
Ryan O'Leary Feb 2022
Russian trawler with
payload of white flags
destined for Ukraine
seized by the French!
311 · Mar 2022
Haiku
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2022
Cagey bees swarming

                                   a Kiev of activity

W.A.S.P's recruiting drones

                       <>

WASP's ?

white anglo Saxon presbyterians
310 · Jun 2019
Global Warning
Ryan O'Leary Jun 2019
The over heating theory
is a planet ploy to endorse
the profusion of nuclear
power plants, they are just
generating our consensus.


17˚ Mallow 07:00 am
June 28th 2019. Cloud.
310 · Aug 2022
poem
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2022
C ontact
A crostic
P osting
F inn’s
I  maginative
N ovel
Y arns
@
G lobetrotting
M usician
A nd
I  rish
L yricist

C haotic
O ccasionally
M ystifying
310 · Nov 2023
HUMMUS
Ryan O'Leary Nov 2023
We can't say

From the river to the sea

We dare not wave the

Palestinian flag

We are not permitted

to wear the Keffiyeh

But we can say that we

ALL LOVE HUMMUS.
310 · Mar 2019
Loitering
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
Literally, loitering litter
leaves landscapes looking
like labyrinths leading lonely
lethargic lads lacking lustre
lame lamenting Lu Lu's Lingerie
laundered locally lampooning
looser's lost leaders landing
lecherous louts leftist ledgers
legacies legally legitimised
libellous loafers lobbying
locksmiths logically liaising
loggers longliners lubriciously
lucid lookalike lunatics luring
lasses lustfully locating low
level latino's lavatories.
308 · Mar 2019
Karen Bradley
Ryan O'Leary Mar 2019
In appearance, the Irish border
resembles a skipping rope at
a children's playground, after
                 recess.

The head mistress has rung the
bell, recreation over, back inside
until the next break up, which,
    (could be permanent)


ps.

Karen Bradley is the Secretary
of State for the six counties.
She said, " Catholic civilian
deaths in Northern Ireland by
The BritishArmy, were not
crimes ".
307 · Apr 2019
Po Lice.
Ryan O'Leary Apr 2019
Well, after all, a Po Lice
is a chamber *** for parasites.

So, what are the Gendarmes
in France complaining about?
306 · Jan 2019
Butterfly Chess
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2019
Barcelona played chess
with a ball, created an
optical illusion for the
fans, mesmerised the
camera's not to mention
Sevilla's goalkeeper who
was looking for the bean
under a shell, but, Messi
checkmated Monarchally.
305 · Jul 2022
Revelation
Ryan O'Leary Jul 2022
Revelation


   If the only constant

  In life is change and

the now, is perpetual,

     then, this is why,

           perhaps,

that Superman wore

his underpants on the

outside of his trousers.
303 · Feb 2019
Legs It
Ryan O'Leary Feb 2019
For some there's an exit
fed up of the Brexit
May goes to Brussels
no backstop she begs it.

Westminster talks make
no sense so they vex it
If Guy Fawkes had a vote
he'd no doubt go for kegs it.
303 · Apr 2019
The Long B'read
Ryan O'Leary Apr 2019
Deprived of writing paper in
his prison cell at Vincennes,
à Paris, circa 1789, Le Marquis
de Sade wrote a missive to his
wife, Renee Pelagie de Montreuil,
on the crust of a fresh Baguette,
avec une plume et l'encre noire.
302 · Aug 2022
|||||
Ryan O'Leary Aug 2022
.              5
   A high   with
               ^
     ring finger

  doesn’t count

unless one’s an

  ambidextrous

      bigamist.
÷
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