From my earliest memories, Ireland has played a part in my life. Even
though I have only visited her twice, my heart and soul are filled
with a longing for her. My ancestors left Ireland in the late 1800's,
bound for a new and strange land. I wrote the following a few years
ago about how my ancestors must have felt leaving the land. I know for
myself, the dust has not settled, and the ancestors whispers echo
always in my heart and soul.

The dust had not yet settled
On the path I left behind
I hear the ancient whispers
Though I dare not change my mind
A strange life lay before me
On a distant misty shore
And bound I was to wander
Far beyond the sod and moor
Deep in my heart I knew full well
That I would always find
The dust had not yet settled
On the path I left behind

Blessings,

Susan

I/08/07

 

 

 

 


words on Tara


Through the ages I have been

Your constant.

I am your stillness, your green scape and space

The heart of your Royal domain

Of kings and ardrithe, past.

Unspoiled, unadulterated, untouched

Until now,

Constant.

Tranquillity, serenity and freedom

Essences absorbable and sustaining

Spiritual.Authentic.

Imprint my image on your soul.

Retain, recall,

Recall before my valley's face is scarred

Irreversibly-

Mirroring the drawing of the knife

So defacing, so delinquent, so denounced-

Knife-carrying knife-wielding blackguards tst... tst...-

My blood will not be red

But I will be screaming, feeling the pain

Crying,

Shedding green tears tinged with gold

Soaking the brown earth

Death..... in the valley.

Epitaph: Shed your tears now

Our valley of the kings

Matters not.

Oh shame!

Our leaders wield....

The Aggressors Rule Again.

 

   aratmeop 2/08/07

 

 

 




Song to Progress


no swan , no snail must stop this dash
to tear around with wads of cash
and get at speed from A to B
and not to Dawdle pointlessly
So - move Along ! - wont it be Grand !
when Ireland's just like Legoland

my work will only be Complete
when Boyne to Liffey's all Concrete
and Shoefayre stands where Fianna fell
and Leisureworld - and Next as well
IKEA - if we're really lucky
and drive-in Chicken from Kentucky
THIS is what we want to see
not grass and trees and history
but modern stuff - and this and that
and things on which we can put VAT
and if you want to get more slim
why walk ? - just buy a Multigym
When we're encased in cans of steel
both hands attached to steering wheel
and eyes fixed on the road ahead -
we may as well be effing Dead
this stretch of road - built over bones
is one of many thousand clones
did we just pass the Lia Fail ...?
it could be anywhere at all
just sit like this an hour or two
as if you've nothing else to do
and work and work all day and then
stay sober and drive back again
a quarter million cars a day
is JUst what Dublin needs I say !
aMAZing what they get to pay
to park the things - we're making hay !
cos there'll be car parks to be built
and lots of pockets to be filled
there'll be no end to means and ends
cos its so nice to have good friends



there is a railway - but you see
it closed in nineteen sixty three
it could be opened up again
but that somehow doesnt seem to happen



Mad Suibhne sitting in his tree
is keeping feathered company
he watches as the human race
is drifting loose from sense of place
and capsulated in a car
of who and where and what we are
so every weekday without fail
we slave to buy a better jail
or hang on to the one we have
by hook and crook and tooth and nail

and so far is now the space

and so far have we come apart



we even think to cut the Heart





"Progress"

?
though feathered Suibhne looks absurd
he doubts if it's the proper word





   marcellavee 1/08/07