Patrick Ronan

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Water falls cast their spray upon the rocks

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NTATE MEMBER

The fat man at the end of the long table
Speaks and we know he is not very able
All the time playing with his paper
We ask what will be his next caper
Speaks to the chairman…

You came to me without warning
Took up occupancy without permission
Your purpose hidden from the host
In a dark cloud of anger and confusion

But you did not come alone
You brought a…

There you were Kay, across the dance floor
Caught your smile and it overpowered me
Danced with you and knew for sure
You are the one to share my life.

So much interest in learning everyth…

For twenty years now you have been away.
In a far away land where you choose to stay.
We see you only when you come home to visit.
We communicate by email most every day.
We keep up to date…

There is silence in the noisy corridor
It resides among us all
We have all met sister cancer
And now we meet the big machine

There are twenty who wait today
Silently sitting by the wa…

Spread high and wide against the noonday sun
The jacaranda tree displays its mauve foliage
All nature knows that August has finally come
Students on their way back again to college
On the g…

PATHWAY

Tall thin pine trees swaying in the wind
Sunlight breaking through the narrow gap
Distant green-capped fields the morning find
Discarded over there, a branch with sap

Yonder…

Seven-O-Two

I like to listen to Seven O Two at night
We can always count on Kiemo for a fight
If he was President for a day
He would insist on his own way

We could all be taking drugs …

Nurse Roma

The patient’s condition I do not care
Any medical condition does not scare
I will only do what I see fit
I will tell you when and where to sit

In this clinic I am always th…

Coole park was where he took his friends
It was his joy until the end.
To stroll along the wooded trails.
While reminiscing or telling tales .
To stop and glare at the big oak trees .
Or…

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When do you know enough
Is it on your death bed
Or when you fall prey to illness
Or when you lose your job
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Where is enough
While you are striving to win
At the game of money makin…

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I stood by your graveside this cold winters day.

A heart broken with sorrow that won’t go away.

I called out your name and shed many a tear.

And hoped in my heart that you would a…

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It was a bright sunny day in two thousand and seven.

September twenty first at quarter to eleven.

In a coma you lay without even a stir.

With our eyes full of tears it just ne…

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On St Patrick’s day my score was nine point two.

Maybe I am about to get the regular flu.

In spite of all the tablets I take.

The magic number Six I cannot make.

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Every nig…

Here comes our man with briefcase swinging.

Has an opinion on every currency topic.

Likes to discuss issues with a passion.

Words can be bent broken and hyphenated.

Yesterday hello …

Why did you do it, why did you do it
What possessed you to become a cannibal
To turn on your mother in her old age
And leave her in a pile on the floor

Your neighbours found you roasti…