Ronnie McGinn's Poetry Page

There are moments in time when some things seem appropriate, unfortunately we never seem to know in advance when they are. Maybe it's just me! But the announcement that Bertie Ahern was to resign as Taoiseach or should I say as Prime Minister of Ireland, came as a surprise. An surprise that everybody in Ireland was expecting. The Lisbon Treaty is probably the most important decision that the people of Ireland will ever be asked to make. In fact most people in Ireland have no idea what the Lisbon Treaty is all about, which is sad because the people stand to gain much from endorsing it. Ignorance is bliss! In my own humbly opinion Ireland stands to gain more by saying yes than saying no. That begs the question. Ah well have you ever heard of Gombeenism. Maybe Ireland should look ay it self. Then again is there any poin.t

Liz Burns Tree Tea

The Teflon Taoiseachs
Lost his non-stick coating
A sick Health Service
Dumbly falls apart
Half of the people
See no point in voting
And Heritage relies
On bleeding hearts.
Climate change gives rise
To big brainstorming,
And government is
Bending with the breeze
They give us reasons
For the global warming
But how come Mars
Has risen three degrees?
If only we could live
Without pollution,
And contamination
Wasn't everywhere
If only truth could
Offer a solution
Instead of endless
Waffles of hot air
While shamrock falls in
Fields of foreign clovers
The Toothless Tiger,
Thrives on hopes leftovers.

© Ronnie McGinn