I Do Not Feel Like

I do not feel like praising your culture since what your culture stands for me does not impress
They judge people by the suburb they live in as well as their postal address
Those who believe in a different god to them they do not see as equal though each to their own one must say
Those who do not respect me for my beliefs respect to them i cannot pay
In many of your ways of thinking you do seem as one who is small
You believe on a fair go for your own sort but not on a fair go for all
You claim that you are a good person that to your god you live true
But you look on those as inferior of a different religion to you
You say this is part of your culture that you are of superior kind
Arrogance and ignorance does seem to thrive in the closed to light mind
Yes with the saying of ignorance can be bliss one surely does have to agree
What do i have to like in the person who feels superior to me?
To the ways of your culture you are one who does remain ever true
But your quite narrow in your ways of thinking does not make for a likeable you.

Tim Joe Dennehy

Those who knew Tim Joe Dennehy do fondly recall
That as a young man for Millstreet he played Gaelic Football
It is so sad to learn that the farewell bell has tolled
For the once dashing forward of the green and gold

In Murphy's Terrace in Millstreet he grew into a man
But his life journey ended many kilometers from where it began
In Knockraha where he lived with his family and wife
The amiable Tim Joe lived out his life

In his late sixties when he passed away
But on how long we live we do not have a say
A painful terminal illness on his once strong and healthy body told
Suppose he was one not meant to live to die old

On long gone Summer Sundays when Nature was in bloom
In the football parks of Coachford and Macroom
For the dashing forward Tim Joe Dennehy the cheering was loud
Always a favorite of the Millstreet fans in the crowd

An amiable person well liked and well known
One can say of Tim Joe he was in a class of his own
His suffering behind him and in truth one can say
For all of us there will be a last night and day.

On Badgers

Creatures during the hours of daylight one seldom does see
It is said about badgers that they are carriers of T B
That they spread to cattle though others do say
That it is cattle infect badgers and not the other way
Down the centuries of time at the hands of men and their dogs badgers have suffered their share
An example of this is Badger a great poem by John Clare
About a badger who was beaten with sticks by people and savaged by their dogs and died in a painful way
And sadly poor badgers are suffering and dying at the hands of cruel men every day
I have been learning about Nature's creatures since i was a young boy
And reading poems and stories about badgers today i enjoy
Badgers sleep by day in their sett in the ground
They are mostly creatures of the night and in large numbers never abound
It is said by some that they infect cattle with T B
Though others with this do strongly disagree.

The Best They Can Be

Those who live to be the best that they can be
And speak for the rights of the homeless and the refugee
From the impressionable masses any praise may not win
But they are making the World a Better World to live in
Those who live successful lives for others do care
They believe on give to receive and with others are willing to share
Always willing to help those of helping in need
For their future good Karma every day they plant the seed
The size of your home or your swimming pool or car
Does not say anything of the person you are
That you must think of your own need is surely not a lie
But there is more to living of life than living for me, myself and i
The way you treat others says more about you
Than your material things could ever hope for to do.

Like All Other Life Forms

Like all other life forms we are born to die
This applies to the earth worm as well as you and i
On how long we live we do not have a say
The Reaper of lives claims more lives every day
The years go by quickly fleeting our lives prime
Eventually we all become victims of time
The one who claims the lives of the president, the monarch and the billionaire
The Reaper of lives any life does not spare
Whatever you achieve in life death is only your due
That it is the great equalizer happens to be true
We are only mere mortals why otherwise pretend
The life journey we are on for us all comes to an end
In some place or time and on some night or day
The Reaper of lives will come reaping your way.

Where The Blackwater Flow

The cool winds of September in Duhallow blow
Above the old rushy fields where the Blackwater flow
Where it has flowed forever and will flow forever more
On it's long winding journey towards the Atlantic shore

The old waterway that has flowed in Duhallow through the centuries of time
Has inspired the writers of story and rhyme
Swollen by the waters of many a river and rill
That began it's ocean bound journey by a far away hill

A favorite river for rod and line fishers one of it's claims to fame
The dark colors of it's waters gave rise to it's name
On through north east Cork it babbles on it's way
To the Saltwater near Youghal by night and by day

In view of the Boggeragh Ranges it winds along along slow
In flat lush fields and in rough fields where the rushes in clusters do grow
The cool winds of September from the mountains do blow
Above green Duhallow where the Blackwater flow.

Eddy

For sadness in his life there is not any space
Eddy always has got a big smile on his face
With two lovely primary school going daughters and a beautiful wife
He has cause to feel happy with his lot in life
He may never be among the wealthiest men of the town
And though he is one who knows what it's like to be financially down
He is the happiest and best liked fellow on his street
And as nice a person as one could wish to meet
On Saturday in the pub in the hour of song
With a smile on his face he joins the sing along
One can say of Eddy he has the inner glow
The happy person everyone wishes to know
For sadness in his mind there is not any space
He always does have a big smile on his face.