Poetry Collection: Perhaps Here
This collection of poetry was written over nearly thirty years. While at least one of the poems was written as an experiment to see if I could “poetise” at will, most were a way to express a moment of high emotion or a profound impression or observation that I didn’t know how else to process. There are 21 poems in the book, each with a very simple original illustration. The book is pocket size (a little bigger than A6 at about 11x18cm) with 46 pages.
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- Making your own dungarees – oldSome time ago I posted a guide and pattern to making your own dungarees. I am now more than ten …
- Shoot him with a gun, then invite him to dinnerThis was originally posted on my old blog on 3 June 2017. When our daughter was about six years old, …
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- Narratives and StoriesThis was originally posted on my old blog on 25 April 2017. The film When Harry met Sally is famous …
- “Scoff-law cyclist” myth strikes againThis was originally posted to my old blog on 29 March 2017. I was once admonished by a driver that …
- I am not an idiotThis was originally posted on my old blog on 20 March 2017. Our boiler is one of those that directly …
- You say Pu-tay-toe, I say Pu-tah-toe… (Conversationalisation)This was originally posted on my old blog on 18 March 2017. I’m a sucker for the written word. I …
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- That Famous Paxman InterviewThis was originally posted on my old blog on 6 March 2017. It was for an assignment for the Media …
- Stop focusing on the unlocked doorThis was originally posted on my old blog on 23 February 2017. Would it make sense to be alarmed about …
- Essential Road Safety ToolsThis was originally posted to my old blog on 21 February 2017. I often get very, very angry with drivers. …
- Preferred MeaningThis was originally posted to my old blog on 20 February 2017. Cultural theorist Stuart Hall suggested that mediated information …
- The Narrow Gate (Newsworthiness)This was originally posted on my old blog on 18 February 2017. It is impossible for any of us to …
- Is that an echo I hear?This was originally posted on my old blog on 4 February 2017. The echo chamber effect works in two ways. …
- The Wet Cat (Out-Foxed)This was originally posted on my old blog on 3 February 2017. The successful reporter is one who can find …
- The Mirror (Reality)This was originally posted on my old blog on 27 January 2017. We all live in the local, moving in …
- The Jocks and the NerdsThis was originally posted on my old blog on 12 January 2017. I can think of few better metaphors for …
- Full of StarsThis was originally posted on my old blog on 10 October 2017. He’d parked the van across the footpath, pulling …
- A thought experimentThis was originally posted on my old blog on 27 December 2016. Think of a road near where you live, …
- Accessible MagicThis was originally posted to my old blog on 30 November 2016. One morning last week the world was painted …
- Drivers, drains, and brainsThis was originally posted to my old blog in November 2016. My route to college includes a road with a …
- Say it with clothesThis was originally posted on my old blog on 12 November 2016. As part of research for my Honours thesis …
- Let’s give more to menThis was originally posted to my old blog on 21 June 2015. I’ve been bothered for a while with how …
- With “friends” like these…This was originally posted to my old blog on 20 June 2015. You are Facebook friends with Jack. You’ve never …
- France makes laws to push social responsibility, while US makes laws to screw the poorThis was originally posted to my old blog on 22 May 2015. This morning I saw an article on my …
- Control, againThis was originally posted to my old blog on 18 May 2015. Ireland is set to vote in a referendum …
- Atheism is not a choicePicture this: your colleague is in a wheelchair. She broke her back years ago, and is completely paralyzed from the …
- The nightmare is overThis was originally posted on my old blog on 11 January 2015. A headline on one of the newspapers on …
- Parents are people, tooThis was originally posted on my old blog on 29 November 2014 I am continually astonished at how, around me, …
- Common GroundThis was originally posted on my old blog on 29 November 2014. Yesterday I visited a dear, treasured friend who …
- Clickety-clack, crickety-creakThis was originally posted to my old blog on 6 October 2014. The sight of high heels often sends my …
- You look awful!This was originally posted on my old blog on 1 October 2014. I am doing a thing: I am looking …
- Bondage gear, for the officeThis was originally posted on my old blog on 22 August 2014. Picture dress code for the more formal workplace, or …
- You’re more than thatThis was originally published on my old blog on 19 August 2014. From a TED talk by Bryan Stevenson: I’ve come …
- The story of youThis was originally posted to my old blog on 18 July 2014. Picture this: someone has scratched your car with …
- How much time does speeding save you?This was originally posted on my old blog on 26 June 2014. I went through a shameful phase when I …
- Ireland, land of the violated childThis was originally posted to my old blog on 18 April 2014. Ireland’s sorry history of child abuse is no …
- Ha ha, you’re poor!A good while ago my youngest forgot his house key when he went to school, and had to wait a …
- On the good ship Your LifeThis was originally posted to my old blog on 18 February 2014. Raising kids is like training someone to captain …
- Subtle Sexism: case in pointThis was originally posted to my old blog on 23 November 2013. This is a classic example of the more …
- Mr bus driver, you scare meThis was originally posted to my old blog on 15 November 2013. A few weeks ago, it was raining and …
- Subtle SexismThis was originally posted on my old blog on 10 November 2013 I’ve recently come into contact on a regular …
- The perfect engagement and wedding ringAn article in The Guardian this morning got me thinking about engagement rings, wedding rings, and love. The author questions …
- WTF, independent.ie?This was originally posted to my old blog on 10 November 2013. I am attempting to widen my news reading, …
- A different kind of democracyThis was originally posted to my old blog on 2 November 2013. Recently, I was quite impressed with the opinions …
- Woman Superheroes? Don’t make me laughThis was originally posted to my old blog on 4 October 2013. Author Michael Merriam linked to an article about …
- Crime and Punishment – we all need to grow upThis was originally published on my old blog on 28 July 2013. During my recent cycling trip from Derry to …
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- Minister shocked that 1+1=2This was originally posted on my old blog on 26 July 2013. Recently, it came to light that an Irish …
- Have things changed that much?This was originally posted to my old blog on 3 July 2013. I wouldn’t want to live in the middle …
- What did you expect?It’s all over the news in Ireland this week: a scandal erupted when undercover journalists recorded instances of unacceptable treatment …
- I’ll take it anywayThis was originally posted to my old blog on 23 May 2013. I’ve started doing something when I go shopping. …
- Ridiculous (and creepy) in EnglishThis was originally posted on my old blog on 8 February 2013. I just talked to my oldest son about …
- Ants and BridgesThis was originally posted on my old blog on 12 January 2013. Years ago, as a child, a snippet of …
- Syrupy sweet, and not trueThis was originally posted on my old blog on 16 May 2012. I just saw this on a friend’s Facebook …
- Switzerland Cycling TripThis was originally posted on my old blog on 13 August 2008. I just returned yesterday from a cycling trip …
- Idiots in Opels and Zen MomentsThis was originally posted on my old blog on 13 July 2008. I have this theory about Opels from the …
- Four day cycling trip through Northern IrelandCycling Trip This entry was originally posted in our family blog on 19 March 2008. In the process of moving …
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