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In 2005 The Piano Man was found wandering the streets of Sheerness in a soaking wet suit and tie he didn't say a word. When presented with pad and pen he simply drew a grand piano. His nurses sat him in front of a beat up old upright he played for four hours straight; for four months his hands were the only things to break his silence. Alexandre Dumas said "man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy." Do you ever think about how Beethoven hacked the legs off his piano so he could feel the sounds he couldn't hear in his head, through his chest? And Van Gogh heard the sounds his paintings made but kept going until his sanity was just a memory floating on a distant river under a tired Milky Way. And you see, like a Gaelic folk song blindness runs red through my family, so I know it's not much but I'm here, still trying to mould my hands to say the right form of 'I love you'. And did you know that the human heart beats over 30 million times a year, but we still have a hard time keeping our feet on the ground? And did you know that the act of breaking in a horse is actually the act of breaking it's back? Like we can't sit without sitting on broken things. And did you know that every time a mobile phone sends out a GPS signal a bee loses it's way home, and every bee that doesn't reach it's hive dies? So on nights when your pulse matches the beat of my favourite song you don't have to wonder if it's me matching the syncopation of your silence -- and I wonder if you ever found what you were looking for. And I wonder if you realise that on days you're not here I roll up my sleeves, count the beats without you, sit on the backseat and miss you. And somewhere The Piano Man rolls up his sleeves creates the Big Bang under his fingertips. And in 2005 on an April morning in Sheerness, a suited piano man walks straight into the ocean, begs the current to take him. I send you a message a bee loses it's way home. I send you another another bee dies. My chest cavity is a bumble bee crypt, my tongue a honeyed graveyard. Another message. The Big Bang. The hive. A suit. That ocean. Another back is broken. Another message is sent. I fear I am more honeycomb than heart. To create is to destroy. To destroy is to succeed. And would you just look at what these piano hands have finally done.
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Apr 17, 2014
Apr 17, 2014 at 1:28 PM UTC
The Piano Man
In 2005 The Piano Man was found wandering the streets of Sheerness in a soaking wet suit and tie he didn't say a word. When presented with pad and pen he simply drew a grand piano. His nurses sat him in front of a beat up old upright he played for four hours straight; for four months his hands were the only things to break his silence. Alexandre Dumas said "man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy." Do you ever think about how Beethoven hacked the legs off his piano so he could feel the sounds he couldn't hear in his head, through his chest? And Van Gogh heard the sounds his paintings made but kept going until his sanity was just a memory floating on a distant river under a tired Milky Way. And you see, like a Gaelic folk song blindness runs red through my family, so I know it's not much but I'm here, still trying to mould my hands to say the right form of 'I love you'. And did you know that the human heart beats over 30 million times a year, but we still have a hard time keeping our feet on the ground? And did you know that the act of breaking in a horse is actually the act of breaking it's back? Like we can't sit without sitting on broken things. And did you know that every time a mobile phone sends out a GPS signal a bee loses it's way home, and every bee that doesn't reach it's hive dies? So on nights when your pulse matches the beat of my favourite song you don't have to wonder if it's me matching the syncopation of your silence -- and I wonder if you ever found what you were looking for. And I wonder if you realise that on days you're not here I roll up my sleeves, count the beats without you, sit on the backseat and miss you. And somewhere The Piano Man rolls up his sleeves creates the Big Bang under his fingertips. And in 2005 on an April morning in Sheerness, a suited piano man walks straight into the ocean, begs the current to take him. I send you a message a bee loses it's way home. I send you another another bee dies. My chest cavity is a bumble bee crypt, my tongue a honeyed graveyard. Another message. The Big Bang. The hive. A suit. That ocean. Another back is broken. Another message is sent. I fear I am more honeycomb than heart. To create is to destroy. To destroy is to succeed. And would you just look at what these piano hands have finally done.
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After the wolves and before the elms the bardic order ended in Ireland. Only a few remained to continue a dead art in a dying land: This is a man on the road from Youghal to Cahirmoyle. He has no comfort, no food and no future. He has no fire to recite his friendless measures by. His riddles and flatteries will have no reward. His patrons sheath their swords in Flanders and Madrid. Reader of poems, lover of poetry— in case you thought this was a gentle art follow this man on a moonless night to the wretched bed he will have to make: The Gaelic world stretches out under a hawthorn tree and burns in the rain. This is its home, its last frail shelter. All of it— Limerick, the Wild Geese and what went before— falters into cadence before he sleeps: He shuts his eyes. Darkness falls on it.
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My Country in Darkness
In the early morning air between the Londonderry hush of dreams and the cry of Belfast on a weary morn Where saddened eyes embody the twilight haze of long past marches, the bewildering blaze Of Beltane fires that scorch the hills The world shudders to the battle cries where brother to brother the war pitch fills the saddened visions that over spills That a Gaelic tongue can curse its own To the bitter harvest of the Gael That wipes away the blood dew from these fields from which it grew and damns itself in the pain and sorrow That relives this war on every tomorrow. Alisdaire O'Caoimph
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Mar 21, 2011
Mar 21, 2011 at 7:21 AM UTC
Ireland
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Aug 31, 2013
Aug 31, 2013 at 2:07 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Parental affiliations shroud the perimeters of sociological desperation. Like a gorgeous eye which cries in Gaelic rainstorms. Feel the texture of bracken, as she scrapes her tangible beauty against your pale and excited skin. But hold your breath, my ever-connected member of covenantal being. Do not let go of the tantric touch of spatial awareness.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 3:59 PM UTC
Sensual Ophthalmology
It dons a hat of seeming sophistication, in the manner of a Boston gangster where cross-cultural expressions gather at Gaelic mouse-traps of East Coast dominance. It is a heritage, my friend. There is sophistication around Italian restaurants, and I have no regrets. Yet, I must say, that I have experienced minimal fun amidst this political Anglican black-comedy where integrity is often confused with connected colours of red, white and blue, and the colours of green white and gold. This is a picture of illegitimate power, where brethren gnash their intellectual mandibles and covet recognition at the price of their very soul. Delusional quests for superiority remind me of downward spiralling staircases with blazing torches, where the echoes of scorching souls can be heard to resound throughout professional circles. As I carry this blazing torch through spiritual levels of command, I ask the question: whatever happened to humanity?
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Feb 24, 2014
Feb 24, 2014 at 10:23 PM UTC
Professional Cannibalism
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Mar 17, 2013
Mar 17, 2013 at 8:11 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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A light came into the world, Wearing a long dress, The nicest smile, Carrying the greatest heart of gold. That light had a son: Our best friend, father and Grandad, The most wonderful other half To an already lovely woman. Together they had a family, Joining heritages, Crossing seas, Found themselves in Leeds. But that was only the beginning of the journey: Between the weekend trips with their good friends, The cruises where they laughed and danced, Wearing his best bow tie; To the sofa days, Keeping up with the Gaelic. A man with many loves, And Ireland remained one. I remember when Grandad would visit home, And he would share stories of their travels. He was so kind-hearted, and so accepting. His mother's light shone on him. Years pass us too quickly. Thank you for being a great father to my father and his siblings, and the wives and husband they love too. Thank you for giving Granny such a wonderful journey in this life. May her voice still linger in your ears. And thank you for being our Grandad. Our days with you will never be forgotten. ***
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Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024 at 1:53 PM UTC
The Light
Rue the unlettered nugatory inequity of insensate dishabille narcosis and the insouciant clandestine ravish perverse of durance's constraint. AUSTRALIAS CODE GREY IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION. MENTAL HEALTH ARE RAPISTS. PUT AN END TO FORCED INJECTIONS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS UNCONSENTING SEXPLOITATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL!!!!. NO FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR ****** REGIME!!! MENTAL HEALTH LAWS ARE MENTALLY ILL!!! ''the pride of women will never be laid in the dust"- Gaelic Proverb. MENTAL HEALTH ARE RAPISTS. LYING ******* ****** DOGS!!! SAY NO TO BUTTOCKS INJECTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 9, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 at 11:53 PM UTC
Mental Health Doff.
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond.  In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin.  Where broods the dove, linnet And swan.  Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones.  Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew.  O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons.  In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Sep 30, 2012
Sep 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond.  In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin.  Where broods the dove, linnet And swan.  Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones.  Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew.  O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons.  In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Some only seest her flesh And her bones; I seest God's handprint That brushstroked Her soul. Some only heed her outer Reflection; I seest a masterpiece In paradisal direction. Some only observe her comings And going's; Not perceiving Her tears, beyond year's; Hath been like white water's flowing. Some only descry Her Filipina eyne; Whilst under her roof She's lonesome, aloof; Pain is her daily bread, As is her heart's Screaming proof. Some only espy, the girl They seek to know; not Knowing nothing of who She really is, an Angel from God's throne. Though this Queen doesn't seest What I seest, she is blinded by Worldly lies; demon's art her Enemies, because she's God's coruscating light. If only she could take a step Out of her body and her mind; She'd be free, to perceive The treasure she is As the creator made Her after his Kind. If only she could Seest, the elegance Inside her soul; She would Knowest She was Created to be God's light, lamp; God's perfect mold. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poets poetry ©Earl Jane Sardua nagley ( agapi mou) dedicated
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Jul 28, 2016
Jul 28, 2016 at 8:31 PM UTC
Dhè coimhlionta mould ( God's perfect mold) Scottish Gaelic dialect
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Apr 13, 2013
Apr 13, 2013 at 12:31 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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It was at the stroke of midnight that the Earls took flight; sailing from Lough Swilly, sheltered only by the night. They headed for the continent fleeing from the Stuart King. Better far a death in exile than let the English clip their wings. They sailed to raise an army to reclaim their ancient rights, Not admitting that Kinsdale had become their final fight. They lost sight of Downpatrick as they sailed the storm swept sea. The verdant hills of Ireland they nevermore would see. The English and the Spanish had determined to make peace. Tyrconnell died soon after, some say he died from grief. James Stuart called them traitors; took their titles and estates. The Gaelic order was broken and by Protestants replaced. Tyrone would end his days in idleness; his corpse interred in Rome. His spirit wanders restless still, a soul without a home.
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May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017 at 10:31 AM UTC
The Flight of the Earls, 9/4/1607
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Sep 17, 2014
Sep 17, 2014 at 2:49 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond. In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin. Where broods the dove, linnet And swan. Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones. Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew. O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons. In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Under a Celtic Moon Night Warm breeze blowing in the spring Two great armies cease their fight In grassy fields, insects sing. I walked alone with my thoughts Looked for peace and solitude Dreaming of love that was not; So I calmed my warriors mood. A sound: Enchanted music Drifted soft, calling my soul Older than any Gaelic, Those words took such a heavy toll. From the wood something appeared Like a ghost from ages past Though tried in battle, I feared My weapons from me I cast. A girl clad in moon's soft glow With grace, like Beren's fair bride Beauty only elves could know Tears, like pure silver she cried. Like two stars her eyes did shine Hair, as black as the night sky, I could only wish her mine. Deep sadness was in her sigh. She stood pleading with heaven To rejoin her with her love; A soldier he once had been, Met his fate, was now above. This perfect scene did I watch, When like a dream was she gone. Left, just stillness with no match And that night went ever on. Now oft' when the night is long And darkest before light, Still can I hear her sad song Under a Celtic Moon Night.
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Apr 20, 2010
Apr 20, 2010 at 10:17 AM UTC
Under A Celtic Moon Night
. In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond.  In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin.  Where broods the dove, linnet And swan.  Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones.  Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew.  O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons.  In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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Feb 15, 2016
Feb 15, 2016 at 3:48 PM UTC
Dublin Poem
. In rows like crumpled paper set, The way one might design a brooch, There sets a sparkle down so purely Capital, beyond reproach and sure She is the blackest flea who sits Upon an old green dog, now should You query, her name's a pond.  In Gaelic It's pronounced: Baile Átha Cliath— But in Irish she's plain, mightily named, Dublin.  Where broods the dove, linnet And swan.  Now take them pi'jons, they got Dank habits and linnets lament the silent Stones.  Sure, the goose gave out and took To the air, but the swans, they've landed, To roost, enchanted as 'Children of Lir,' And so becomes a changeling child's Fair city, for in her anointed proximity, Gracious white birds do bathe and molt, Supplied as I can tell, she looks black- Pooled in clusters, long side her creases. Stout nectar flows in near every nook And cranny, but yer man, he's never Busy, that malty fish, daftly avoids, Swimming spirals round like buggies Do on petals, he'd rather grace gardens By drinking their dew.  O Dublin town, She wends her ways and rows her houses Round-a-bout on cobbled shores in tribute To sprite, deary and fey, Anna Livia— Who like a stem of blood, stabs right To the heart of Dublin Bay— and proud As a crowned thorny, who once had reeked, She's bloomed large, into one grandeous Beauty, like a céilí so finely fiddled— A sandy, spirited, bombastic beach- Flower, she is, a flag so fitting upon The doons.  In dream, I flocked to her Like the wild geese and saw her coy'd Repose and there I spied, from mackerel Skies— one monstrous, Irish rose!
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The Gaelic uisce beatha. The water of life. The welcoming sting dances patterns on your reluctant pallet. Trickles drops down drowning your fear and narrow mind. The angels tax 4% to the barrel annually. And we've stolen the devil's cut. Heavy flow down my throat beseech me to ask for more. Makes a monster out of me. Forms my skin to tempered steel. Turn me on once more. My love, old no. 7.
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Oct 20, 2013
Oct 20, 2013 at 8:31 PM UTC
Angels Tax
i. Dacryop's falleth, Whenever she Is near; because I don't deserve Such a seraph Of heaven's Stair's. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry ©Earl Jane Nagley ( àgapi mou) dedication
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Apr 28, 2016
Apr 28, 2016 at 9:23 PM UTC
Seraph de nèamh aig staidhre a ' ( Seraph of heaven's stair's) old scottish gaelic tongue
only because northern ireland was originally liverpool. yeah... i’m an anglo-slav, he’s an afro-saxon and that guy is a fairy with clover petals for wings - watch him fluster and flatter cheeks turning green into pink! well, nothing really educational in essex, just a barge of the usual escapees from middle class opinions, esp. escaping opinions as if onion tears of the integrating migrants who flawed the first rule: your father purposively forgot your mother’s tongue (but your mother kept it for the earth and her hope for you to till it), you’re ******** with a body and no soul: the irish fairy countered interrupting me - i kept my gaelic in speaking english drunk, **** you! that’s a trinity that i see. and i saw it, spoken across new england and washington state (hey, price up the ***** liquor of thieving a sympathy, i wasn’t going to be nice writing poetry, still me, the remnant of the masculine root liking rugby and the diminishing psychologies of the players of the losing team - watch them applaud loss rather than sing victory prior without listening to a wwe fake warrior entry music they boggled up with dr. dre’s venture into # therearenomotivationalspeakersinthenationalanthem). i kept my masculinity watchings the sports just so i could write poetry and not womanise - now the escorts and arias i hear you claim? no... finding nemo, frozen, brave, no arias and escorts, just enough morals for enough of horn inches and cartoon coloured shoes.
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Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 7:20 PM UTC
scenes in a pub
only because northern ireland was originally liverpool. yeah... i’m an anglo-slav, he’s an afro-saxon and that guy is a fairy with clover petals for wings - watch him fluster and flatter cheeks turning green into pink! well, nothing really educational in essex, just a barge of the usual escapees from middle class opinions, esp. escaping opinions as if onion tears of the integrating migrants who flawed the first rule: your father purposively forgot your mother’s tongue (but your mother kept it for the earth and her hope for you to till it), you’re ******** with a body and no soul: the irish fairy countered interrupting me - i kept my gaelic in speaking english drunk, **** you! that’s a trinity that i see. and i saw it, spoken across new england and washington state (hey, price up the ***** liquor of thieving a sympathy, i wasn’t going to be nice writing poetry, still me, the remnant of the masculine root liking rugby and the diminishing psychologies of the players of the losing team - watch them applaud loss rather than sing victory prior without listening to a wwe fake warrior entry music they boggled up with dr. dre’s venture into # therearenomotivationalspeakersinthenationalanthem). i kept my masculinity watchings the sports just so i could write poetry and not womanise - now the escorts and arias i hear you claim? no... finding nemo, frozen, brave, no arias and escorts, just enough morals for enough of horn inches and cartoon coloured shoes.
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The Irish Summer (i.e. when you  only get the sunshine) is a very elusive thing But having lived in Ireland all my life I figured it out many years ago Although there may be some freakish weather events like the occasional heatwave The Irish Summer lasts from the end of the English soccer season to the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament (when the covers go on) Those few short weeks Then it reverts to being a mixed bag of sunshine and showers So whenever Wimbledon starts up I always get out my thin flimsy shower proof coat It's lovely and light so you won't be sweating And I also have my little umbrella handy too. Now I'm always telling people my theory of the Irish Summer Whether they believe it or not There's a young guy I work with and I told him my theory Then awhile later we had to attend this big work event/meeting It was held in Croke Park (the Gaelic football stadium) in Dublin We were up in the Executive boxes overlooking the pitch, was really cool We had walked there as it wasn't too far from our office I had my showerproof on and had my little umbrella My young workmate was just wearing a black leather jacket and had no umbrella I thought to myself "Man, you're living dangerously" Sure enough when we're walking back to the office The heavens open and it ****** down on us I'm standing there under my umbrella smiling in my showerproof While my young friend is standing there like a drowned rat, the saddest sight And I say to him "What did I say, didn't I tell you about the Irish Summer ?" Then I say "Did you ever read the story of Noah's Ark ?" I felt sorry for him and let him share my umbrella. And the ****** still hasn't bought a showerproof He's impossible.... he's obviously still... a non-believer.
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Nov 18, 2023
Nov 18, 2023 at 2:34 PM UTC
Noah's Ark (The Irish Summer)
The Irish Summer (i.e. when you  only get the sunshine) is a very elusive thing But having lived in Ireland all my life I figured it out many years ago Although there may be some freakish weather events like the occasional heatwave The Irish Summer lasts from the end of the English soccer season to the start of the Wimbledon tennis tournament (when the covers go on) Those few short weeks Then it reverts to being a mixed bag of sunshine and showers So whenever Wimbledon starts up I always get out my thin flimsy shower proof coat It's lovely and light so you won't be sweating And I also have my little umbrella handy too. Now I'm always telling people my theory of the Irish Summer Whether they believe it or not There's a young guy I work with and I told him my theory Then awhile later we had to attend this big work event/meeting It was held in Croke Park (the Gaelic football stadium) in Dublin We were up in the Executive boxes overlooking the pitch, was really cool We had walked there as it wasn't too far from our office I had my showerproof on and had my little umbrella My young workmate was just wearing a black leather jacket and had no umbrella I thought to myself "Man, you're living dangerously" Sure enough when we're walking back to the office The heavens open and it ****** down on us I'm standing there under my umbrella smiling in my showerproof While my young friend is standing there like a drowned rat, the saddest sight And I say to him "What did I say, didn't I tell you about the Irish Summer ?" Then I say "Did you ever read the story of Noah's Ark ?" I felt sorry for him and let him share my umbrella. And the ****** still hasn't bought a showerproof He's impossible.... he's obviously still... a non-believer.
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english is called a salad in irish / hardly Gaelic, but worded for a toast, and the poor treat the poor as might be a drowning traveller on the titanic without pearl or a four-leaved clover. and might not be the tears of haka forbears be the light worth sharing when the europeans that looked stupid in bleached worth a colouring in foreign culture they thought it was worth being televised; salad / sushi wording... you immigrant? you irish? no? oh well... you dodo? the end! idiot pole didn’t outsmart the irish muscle or potato! gave way to mash and tartan of lamb mince... and still the irish "communicated" leaving the poles and engaging with ******* to be cheap in terms of worthy slavery: two patron saints an Irish... one **** marley one irish double with rye bread... then there's Ulster, half of Dublin might mind, and a percentage of Poland under russia prussia or austria... you ******* leprechaun! hey! mediocre me with a ceilidh: make that ireland on the rocks... the queen of the e.u. where the rainbow where u2 where the *** of gold? in iraq... or so i'm told.
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Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 11:11 PM UTC
question... facts! facts! facts! / you ******* leprechaun!
French girl from St. Malo, names Gale, spelt 'Gael' like Gaelic. Her world is my history. Excuse me, professor, I have a question?
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Mar 27, 2013
Mar 27, 2013 at 4:13 PM UTC
social studies class
Agápi mou, how I dote thee mine baby of potentate vision's; thou art the foregone one of stringed song's, that young lover's seeketh To hath. Atop the thysiastery of Ourn affection, I shalt layeth Ourn all mine amour, near The pearly gates, I'll meet Thee at the door. The entry- Way wherein only select few Shalt pass, the liquid water there hath Life, none hopelessness nor any bad; just garden's of Succulent features, history's apostles there to be ourn new Teachers, wherein the pictures art surreal, what's thine is mine, and what's mine is thine; feeling paradise complete us in lively field's. ©Brandon Nagley ©lonesome poet's poetry ©Earl jane sardua Nagley dedicated ( àgapi mou) dedicated
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May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016 at 10:25 PM UTC
Mullach an thysiastery ( Atop the thysiastery) scottish gaelic tongue
Lambent lassie, how I needeth thee today, I wilt be thy loving man, doing all that I canst; To make ourn contour's swirl in a dance- As we pass betwixt the seraphic Trace. Chaperoned my darling, Head resting upon head, inner- Being in rapt, none feeling Of dread. Mine pinkie do I giveth thee, lock onto it- And hold, rest thy fret inside mine chest, Taketh a breath, inside this soul. Kindred spirits way back from old, living young, Homeward bound; igniparous by ourn kindling sound's. O' fortitude wilt I hath when the time is not yet for meet, Yet verily mine lass, tis one stroke of an hour we wilt greet. If I hath to crawl the pit's of the abyss, slithering through the deep, if I hath to waken to a strange cosmic minute, or dieth a death of sleep. If I must endure the second's away from thee, only but for a lifetime, I'll patently awaiteth mine Jane, an eternity with thee by mine side. To glance in thy eye's and to hold thy hourglass waist, to kiss thine honey like a bee to a bloom, to maketh ourn bed upon white roses wherein spirituality is in tune. A bride and groom of times afore, we entered in by the portal of Yahweh's door, never to turn back; ahead we look on. Planting ourn pip's to what lieth ahead, happiness up upon the hill of ourn homestead. None alas expressions, for this place we art meant, together to be, mine baby, mine treat; of the patience we built up, ourn amour shant be in rent, as with the finest of spices I shalt lather thy feet. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry ©Earl jane Nagley ( àgapi mou) dedication
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 1:42 PM UTC
Greim air mo Pinkie ( Grab onto mine pinkie) scottish gaelic tongue
Lambent lassie, how I needeth thee today, I wilt be thy loving man, doing all that I canst; To make ourn contour's swirl in a dance- As we pass betwixt the seraphic Trace. Chaperoned my darling, Head resting upon head, inner- Being in rapt, none feeling Of dread. Mine pinkie do I giveth thee, lock onto it- And hold, rest thy fret inside mine chest, Taketh a breath, inside this soul. Kindred spirits way back from old, living young, Homeward bound; igniparous by ourn kindling sound's. O' fortitude wilt I hath when the time is not yet for meet, Yet verily mine lass, tis one stroke of an hour we wilt greet. If I hath to crawl the pit's of the abyss, slithering through the deep, if I hath to waken to a strange cosmic minute, or dieth a death of sleep. If I must endure the second's away from thee, only but for a lifetime, I'll patently awaiteth mine Jane, an eternity with thee by mine side. To glance in thy eye's and to hold thy hourglass waist, to kiss thine honey like a bee to a bloom, to maketh ourn bed upon white roses wherein spirituality is in tune. A bride and groom of times afore, we entered in by the portal of Yahweh's door, never to turn back; ahead we look on. Planting ourn pip's to what lieth ahead, happiness up upon the hill of ourn homestead. None alas expressions, for this place we art meant, together to be, mine baby, mine treat; of the patience we built up, ourn amour shant be in rent, as with the finest of spices I shalt lather thy feet. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome poet's poetry ©Earl jane Nagley ( àgapi mou) dedication
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Pint on Saint Patrick’s Day Our servers name is Molly, She works at the Pence and Pound We were there to have some beers and dine on beef that’s ground She is a lithe and lively blonde in black tights and mini dress. Her hair tied back in a pony tail as she seated us, her guests.. But what a sight did Molly make when she next came into view: each hand contained a perfect pint of Guinness’s dark brew A darling girl, wondrous lass A Gaelic beauty too I’d testify that St. Pauli girl can not compare to you. But I’ll sit here and sip my beer Too old to give offense We’ll stay and have a round or three And spend more pounds then pence.
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Nov 19, 2011
Nov 19, 2011 at 11:58 AM UTC
A Pint on Saint patrick's Day