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A New Brew
(Paul’s poems from October to Christmas 2018)
1. Amazingly Beautiful
2. Curlew on the Green
3. Engine WARNING LIGHT
4. All Good Things
5. A TRIP TO DONEGAL
6. Another Cecilia
7. A DREADFUL MORNING
8. Marathon CITY MORNING
9. MR NICE GUY?
10. THE SODDEN WOODS
11. Time for a Ponder
12. Leaning on a Gate
13. A Bit of Spring in November
14. December Morning, Turnberry
15. Paradise in Kay’s
16. The JOY is in the RAIN
17. November is Nearly Over
18. The Fr Molony Effect
19. The CHURCH YEAR ENDS
20. Preparing for Battle
21. November Morning
22. A SURPRISE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
23. Morning Sky
24. A New Brew
Amazingly Beautiful
(17/11/2018)
A winter morning on Dollymount beach.
Glory. Bright sunlight if winter weak.
Full tide.
Kite surfers frolic in the lively easterly breeze.
A solitary girl wanders the expanse
looking for strange shells.
Must be a foreigner!
The power walkers power walk with their dogs.
Big ships mistily leave Dublin port
and come in to land too.
Howth head stands majestic in the cool November glow.
You can breathe here
Curlew on the Green
(29/10/2018)
Surprised to see a SOLITARY curlew here in howth this morning
on the OPEN green space beside my mother and fathers house.
Evora park.
Maybe DAD IN HEAVEN IS somehow TALKING TO US
THROUGH THIS LONELY Donegal BIRD
USUALLY more AT HOME IN THE BOGS.
She seems a bit lost LOST IN A SUBURBAN
CUL DE SAC
quiet though it is.
Engine WARNING LIGHT
(30/11/2018)
you know that sinking feeling
when a warning light comes on
in your car.
More hassle and maybe more cost.
So how happy i was when the light disappeared today by itself. thank GOD.
it was a false alarm i hope.
How much we live on our nerves these days. and when we get older,
our aching bodies flash out warnings
all the time
All Good Things
(23/10/2018)
After four glorious days here in Vilnius,
the rain has arrived.
Dark and grey and wintry.
the lovely month of October is nearly over.
the golden sunshine is just a memory.
time to knuckle down to the daily slog again.
i spent too much but no regrets.
thats what holidays are for
A TRIP TO DONEGAL
(26/10/2018)
Sunshine and showers.
Rainbows over pettigo hills. Mood lift.
Aunty catherine's months mind.
Called into joe's Máire for tea.
Met Pat mc gee. sheila's son from killybegs.
salt of the earth cousin.
And Paddy walsh gentleman.
Uncle charlie holding up. man mountain.
home the long but good road by sligo. Safer.
uncle paul thinks i am mad.
petrol station stops. toilet and grub.
coffee to stay awake.
a hard drive in the dark. dangerous driving tired. wet surface.
home to bed at midnight.
Left Willie at the foxhound. music there on a friday night.
God always protects him, he told me.
Another Cecilia
I will always remember my beloved aunty Sheila
singing around the house
and keeping herself cheerful
even though she was in terrible pain with her back.
St Cecilia, the early Roman martyr sang, while they killed her
The Patron of Music
and the joy that music brings
A DREADFUL MORNING
(7/11/2018)
Coming off night duty at 8am.
Dark. Wet. Miserable.
Last week at this time we had a glorious sunrise.
A bright sky.
But this week, it’s all gloom and it’s cold too.
November was never my favourite month.
and now I remember why!
but at least in just a little while
I will be cosy at the fire at home
getting ready to go and give CANON RAY
A GOOD SEND OFF.
IT’S A LOT MORE CHEERFUL WHERE HE IS NOW
Marathon CITY MORNING
(28/10/2018- ST JUDE)
NICE AND BRIGHT. NO WIND. DRY.
IDEAL CONDITIONS TO RUN TWENTY SIX MILES.
THE WAVES OF CONTESTANTS PLOW PAST THE FIRST WATER STATION
AT MANOR STREET.
ALL COLOURS AND SHAPES.
GAILY DRESSED UP FOR MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES.
INTERNATIONAL.
THE HUMAN RACE. NOT A RAT RACE.
OUR NATURAL COMMON BOND IS THAT WE ALL KNOW
WE ARE GOING SOMEWHERE.
MR NICE GUY?
(22/11/2018)
I have been grounded this week
with a nasty chest infection
and feel in really foul humour.
i was ratty already with my wife this morning.
Too used to a life of comfort maybe?
THE SODDEN WOODS
(17/12/2018)
THE WOODS ARE VERY DREARY NOW.
SOAKED IN RAIN AND DAMPNESS.
THE WEARY DARKNESS DEEPENS
BUT ONLY FOR A FEW MORE DAYS.
NO WONDER THE BIRDS STILL MANAGE TO CALL OUT
THEIR CHEERY YULETIDE EVENSONG.
THIS FRIDAY THE DAYS BEGIN
TO BRIGHTEN AGAIN
Time for a Ponder
(21/12/2018)
The old silent stone church in Baldoyle
has stood steady for 150 years.
since famine times.
interestingly it’s the only church i know that is not carpeted now.
Outside, the CHRISTMAS RUSH traffic buzzes selfishly by. organised chaos.
As Amos says we have another kind of famine
HARD TO FEED MINDS THAT CAN'T
AND WON'T LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF HOPE.
The overwhelming noise of our greedy busyness
drowns the voices of truth
"Be content with what you have"
Leaning on a Gate
(16/12/2018)
Hanging around Cavan town for the afternoon.
Sunday.
just before CHRISTMAS 2018.
the winter sun is setting over a drumlin.
It's damp as usual but not raining, thank GOD.
the sky is clear,
HOPEFUL…..
THOSE EVER BREWING global storm clouds
still don't impact on the GREEN BOGGY
Pastoral Peace of Middle Ireland
too much
A Bit of Spring in November
(22/11/2018)
after two wild wet and very cold days,
the birds are singing again this afternoon.
the air is cool but mild.
the sky is bright and uplifting.
translucent.
you would almost think it was spring.
I am sure St Cecilia is singing too today.
December Morning, Turnberry
(SFX day 3-12-18, Dad’s Anniversary)
nice bright morning. not cold. breathable.
the birds sound happy enough.
though food must be getting a bit scarce for them now.
we all get a bit empty of inspiration
at this lonely time of year.
Hungry for love
Paradise in Kay’s
(9/11/2018)
sheltering in clare hall shopping centre
from a wild night out there.
howling wind and lashing rain.
thank GOD for Tescos.
Clean loos and somewhere comfortable
to sit down and have a cup of tea
and a sandwich.
the woman beside me says
"the poor homeless people.
it does not bear thinking about"
The JOY is in the RAIN
(23/12/2018)
Some people think sunshine makes you happy
but it's really love that makes you happy.
when it’s cold and dark and raining,
our families pull together
and help each other.
Love in the family is good news
as Good Pope Francis says.
Love in the rain.
Like the healing joy of a bright warm fireside
when it's really miserable outside.
November is Nearly Over
(24/11/2018)
Buying a coffee and using the loo
in Mc donalds in north side
shopping centre.
It was a really miserable morning
but it’s clearing up nicely now.
Christmas songs are playing already
and it seems all wrong.
But then again,
anything is better than the gloom
of November.
So, may the festivities roll on.
The Fr Molony Effect
(7/11/2018)
I went to pay respects to Canon Ray
in Sutton church this morning.
His funeral mass was to be at 10am.
I arrived early in heavy miserable gloomy rain
and listened to the combined Howth and Sutton choir
warming up.
I had to get home to bed before mass started
after my nursing night duty but, amazingly,
as I left the church,
the sun was shining beautifully.
A Ray of Hope
The CHURCH YEAR ENDS
(28/11/2018)
NOVEMBER BLASTS IT'S WAY OUT
WITH A VENGEANCE.
REAL WINTER HAS SET IN
YET NOW WE BEGIN OUR CIRCLING YEAR AGAIN, ADVENT, CHRISTMAS. LENT AND EASTER AND THE LONG HAUL OF ORDINARY LIFE
TO CHRIST THE COMING KING AGAIN.
IN THE DARKNESS OF THIS WILD WET
COLD DARK WEATHER,
A GENTLE LIGHT IS BORN
Preparing for Battle
(24/11/2018)
The karate lads have grown tall.
Five years ago they were just kids.
Now they are on the brink
of manhood.
Like all those hopeful boys
who went to fight
in the first world war.
A hundred years ago
(Inclusive Karate Ashbourne Centre)
November Morning
(15/11/2018)
Quite mild if breezy
Nice sunlight with some beautiful sunshine
Good for walking.
After some really miserable wet winter weather,
it's a pleasant change.
Ireland always keeps you guessing.
St Albert's day.
Wasn't Einstein a great Albert too?
A SURPRISE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
(12/12/2018 Guadalupe day)
Parking near Baldoyle church, The new ‘Larrier’ church,
to rest a minute and say a prayer.
We all need to catch our Advent breath at times
in this hectic season of busy bustle
Spotted the daffodil shoots in a sunny corner.
it has been mild enough and no frost
so hence these pioneer buds.
Hope can seem a bit naive at times
Morning Sky
(10/12/2018)
Parked at Portmarnock.
Looking out over Howth head and Ireland’s eye
in radiance.
Bathed in a lovely calm December glow.
Such a beautiful light.
Thank GOD for eyes to see the beauty
and for peace in myself enough
to be able to stop and look a while.
With the gaze of love
A New Brew
I went to make tea this morning as usual.
Sometimes I just add boiling water to the pot
left over and well stewed on the oven ring
from yesterday
and just throw in a couple of tea bags
for a bit more flavour
But, today, I threw out the old tea bags
and started afresh
A new pot of tea
for a New Year
(2019)
Big Thanks to God and our Lady
and to my beloved mother, Mary,
who is fighting a very brave fight now
and my lovely wife, Maura,
who puts up with a lot!
(Christmas day 2018)
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