I always had a love for poetry. Growing up in Ireland poetry was everywhere, it was part of everyday speech. I never liked the fact it was considered high-brow, that it belonged to a certain class and that one had to be well-schooled to understand it. I don't think any poet ever wrote for a certain audience and I definitely do not either. True poetry is universal and its themes are as varied and as unique as we are. That's what makes it so special.
I have had many poems published. Mostly in newspapers but the odd one or two featuring in books.
I tend the fields until they are ready;
All day I turn over the soft soil,
All day I keep the horses going steady,
Now my work is almost done, my toil,
...
All of a sudden it lunged at me
This huge black beast
Growling and fiercely terrifying,
Its razor sharp claws,
...
I have fifty in my sight.
Say that's one a week
For fifty weeks -
That's not too ambitious;
...
Keep me in your heart,
Till I or love are gone,
Then let me out
Like a homeless tear,
...