Poem about nature and inability to appreciate it

Cannot See Nature For the Trees.aac

An eerie twist on the "Brother John" nursey rhyme for Poets & Writers

Brother John #twistednurseryrhyme

What are the fairy folk? What is it about these global icons of folklore that they still have a place in our culture in modern times?

Read the words here...

http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/the-fairy-folk/

The Fairy Folk

Some say they roamed the earth the same as man... if they did how did they die out?

In a fit of over consumption of caffiene... Tomás Ó Cárthaigh figured out how...

Read the words here:
http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/the-saving-of-mankind-some-vulgar-verse/

The Saving of Mankind

Where there is war, there is little time for art. But maybe the battlefield is abstract art instillation?

Read the words:
http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/there-is-no-time-for-art/

There Is No Time For Art

Faith and Fates

Shy but willing, like an ass at a thistle”
Longford saying about a person interested but hesitant and afraid to pursue what they desired, be it in love or in life…

Read the poem here:
http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/the-donkey-and-the-thistle/

The Donkey and the Thistle

God Given Friends of Man

Yeats died before the outbreak of war, and his Nobel prizes and international fame was most seen through the Versailles era, with the illusion of peace unbroken while he was alive. Night and darkness is normally seen as negative, but the fire and light of war is shown here as horrific, and the dusk, darkness and sleep are seen as positive images for peace…

http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/dawn-breaks-as-yeats-goes-to-sleep/

Dawn Breaks As Yeats Goes to Sleep

Non rhyming poem comparing the glorious sacrifice of Easter Week where the leaders and planners died for their cause, contrasted with World War One which was its background, where everyone died bar the generals...

Read the words here:
http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/1916-war-and-revolution/

Credits:
Music: Ian King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnjMHAFQYcU

1916 War and Revolution

My Ireland

Read the words of this gothic tale here...

http://www.writingsinrhyme.com/index.php/vampire-killed-by-love

Music Credits:
Dee Yan-Key: "String Quintet No 3"
http://freemusicarchive.org/

Poem: Writings in Rhyme --- Music: String Quintets No. 2 and 3

Vampire Killed by Love

Poet, according to myself. Work at security to ensure I'm not a starving one!



Thomas Carty

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