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Time To Make Amends by TonyCrehan

The book of life seems heavy now as the years go by so fast / And in the night the book falls open at the pages of the past; / So many good deeds left undone and kind words left unsaid / And lots of … 99 words

Ten Pound Tourists by TonyCrehan

Hundreds of migrants line the rails like thousands have before, / Wondering what awaits them on this vast and unknown shore. 660 words

Mid-Life Meeting by TonyCrehan

She moves like a thoroughbred horse at the races; / The bumps and the curves are in all the right places. 425 words

Where Did Love Go? by TonyCrehan

Where did love go? / Was it ever there? / Has it all been washed away? / By relentless wear and tear 149 words

The Mystery of Life by TonyCrehan

It is not the thought of death I fear / But never knowing why we’re here; 120 words

A Restless Life by TonyCrehan

You were born in a working class family / In a Yorkshire mining town; / Your father had moved from Ireland / So as not to be trodden down. / He marched to the pit each morning, / Long before breakfa… 535 words

Mal de Mer by TonyCrehan

That November day in Southampton / The weather was cold but fine. / We sailed down the Solent, Sydney Bound / On a ship of the Sitmar Line. / She was an Italian vessel named “Fairsea”, / But that’s a… 350 words

"Macushla" - Michael Collins and Kitty Kiernan by TonyCrehan

And I dreamed we danced the night away / While a tenor sang “Macushla” 391 words

The Leaving by TonyCrehan

The boat train sways and rattles along, / The wheels say “no turning back” / As the countryside goes flying by, / “No turning back… no turning back”. 292 words

Today (in a material world) by TonyCrehan

Child pornography, sex for sale; / Kid’s in foster care, mother’s in gaol. 212 words

Miracle At The Gap by TonyCrehan

Snapped out of her trance by the rushing wind, / Nellie’s inner voice at last let cry: / “God help me! What have I done? / I really don’t want to die!” 502 words

Stranger Danger? (Poem) by TonyCrehan

I’ve been told to beware of wild dogs / And crocodiles looking like logs, 57 words

Envy by TonyCrehan

I had tried to make a fortune too, / But my dreams all turned to dust. 232 words

Yungaba by TonyCrehan

I fear that Yungaba will be no more / Than expensive homes for millionaires; / A century of migrants memories gone / But it’s business, so nobody cares. 202 words