Far more than a man of rhyme
His poems have stood the test of time,
With words James Hogg he had a way
Poets are born not made they say
As Scottish poets Burns and Scott perhaps more great
Yet him we too should celebrate,
A generous soul or so ‘twould seem
And as a poet held in high esteem
And though the breath of life from him long gone
James Hogg in his poetry lives on
And from my school-days ‘A Boy’s Song’ i do recall
Perhaps his greatest poem of all.
You have convinced yourself of a life after deathThat life does not end when you draw your last breath.You are so convinced of the existence of a heaven and hellYet none of the deceased have come back to tellOf the life hereafter somewhere in the skyThe facts of the matter are hard to deny.You must…
That their profit margins should be greater and is there an end to their greedAnd in helping the social divide to grow bigger they somehow do seem to succeed.On working people with house mortgages they keep on piling up the interest and their repayment penalty rates they applyAnd they wonder why so many do not…
In the gray morning sky and singing as he flyHis song still in my heart will be with me till I die.Some fifty years ago and to Nature’s ways quite greenAnd I recall today the beauty I have seenAnd I recall today the skylark carollingSweet music it did flow from such a tiny living thing.In…
For to smile or even say hello up themselves one might sayFor some too much of an effort for to even bid good day.Why should I care about those who me choose to ignoreWho see me as an inferior just that and nothing moreSuch self conceited people one never get to knowThey seem stuck for…
I feel so at peace with the World on this bright and sunny Winter’s dayThe magpie on the blackwood is fluting in his cloak of black and light gray,Such moments we all live to cherish just a fleeting escape from careIn our Worlds of stress polluted by noise such beautiful moments are rareIf I could…
And swallows wing to and fro above the lush fieldsOf Gneeveguilla and Rathmore and Knocknagree.The ancient peaks of Shrone and CaherbarnaghOverlooking the Sliabh Luachra countrysideThis was the land of great bards and musiciansTheir fame lives on and now known Worldwide.May has come to the Cork and Kerry borderAnd with her brought her wildflowers and her…
