Bard of Armagh winner 2007 Men and women are different. Not just the wobbly bits – their heads seem to be running a different version of ‘windows’! They can look at the same scene, and see something totally different We hear a lot these days about men ‘getting in touch…
At some time in his life, almost every man has a dream of being James Bond. Glamour, danger, excitement, fast cars, fancy weemin. . . . mine was mainly about spuds! This was the result of a drug-induced nightmare I had last winter. I had a bad cold, took a…
Bard of Armagh Winner 2010 I had a poem almost ready for 2010, but i was watching the news one night when a Royal visit came on – the Queen was being so ‘nice’ to everyone, and ‘Phil the Greek’ was wandering along behind, trying not to put his foot…
Bard of Armagh Winner 2006 Back in the day when I was young, and ‘at myself’ (NO, NO, NO – it is Armagh spake for ‘fit and well!!) entertainment was almost exclusively Showbands. You travelled for miles to some wee hall in the arsehole of nowhere, or some ‘carnival’ (usually…
I had a poem almost done for 2004, but the firm I worked for went out for Christmas Dinner at the end of 2003 – to a Chinese Restauant. I really enjoyed the meal, but the thought struck me as incongruous, and became my best poem to date. They say…