Misc Poems, 1993-99

In the autumn of 1993 I enrolled in a poetry evening class run by the late great Irish American poet Michael Donaghy. He was an inspirational teacher. I did the class for a year or so then in 1999 did another of his classes at City Lit. Having never really read much poetry before, and certainly never having written any, I produced loads of work. Most of it was half-formed and not very good. The poems here are ones that I managed to get published in magazines/anthologies.


Home Truths
(Odysssey, Autumn 1995)

Cheers

1968
(Things We Said Today, 1995)

Maude Gonne Fishing
(Is Shane MacGowan Still Alive?, 2000)

A Brief History of Rhyme