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Friday, January 20, 2017
Friday, January 13, 2017
a Protestant wedding
I met a Protestant wedding on the road,
about 23 cars and 2 smiles..
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It is worth noting that in the Irish poetic tradition
"..As officials of the court of king or chieftain, they performed a number of official roles, such as chroniclers and satirists. Effectively, their job was to praise their employers and curse those who crossed them.."
Irish bardic poetry
A few readers have asked me to clarify/justify this statement and I can quite easily by substituting the word Protestant with Free Presbyterian (although this is a hypothesis) and adding the small titbit that they were on the road to Monaghan. (which would account for their demeanour, regardless as to the occasion).
As a sidenote it is becoming more challenging to issue off the cuff satirical remarks so it would seem (in the spirit of Tyrone's ongoing contrariness/resistance) that is the preferred strategy to adopt, for now. ;-)
As a sidenote it is becoming more challenging to issue off the cuff satirical remarks so it would seem (in the spirit of Tyrone's ongoing contrariness/resistance) that is the preferred strategy to adopt, for now. ;-)
It is worth noting that in the Irish poetic tradition
"..As officials of the court of king or chieftain, they performed a number of official roles, such as chroniclers and satirists. Effectively, their job was to praise their employers and curse those who crossed them.."
Irish bardic poetry
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
catholics versus Mercedes
"in brand positioning terms catholicism is a lot closer to KFC than Mercedes"
..moi
..as a start to a new year perhaps it is useful to begin in the manner in which one will continue - this is a year of take no prisoners...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Months Mine Johnny Montague!
The month of respect has passed for the Late Great Johnny Montague!
..like a Patroclus stripped of his words he is accorded the full 30 days due to a hero.
He was what you see is what you get, meeting down the years he was so normal, irreverent... it was so refreshing when now in these times of poets wearing out their own mirrors.
He has now traversed the river to converse with Hades & Rhadamanthus and no doubt we will hear from him again in another guise...
..months mine = phonetic (Tyrone)
Sunday, January 01, 2017
Poem - Reich Like
Who is speaking for our brothers and sisters,
the Palestinians.
Very few it seems.
Only the odd heretic.
Children murdered mindlessly.
Revolutionaries assassinated arbitrarily.
The due process of law consigned and constrained,
Reich like.
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by Des Donnelly 14.Feb.2002