Her name was Meena

Her Beautiful Smile

By Michael James Treacy

Message Michael James

.

Abandoned in a shopping bag

in a public toilet

.

loneliness

beyond comprehension.

.

Profoundly disabled

.

physically

mentally

.

deaf

blind

.

loneliness

beyond imagination.

.

She’s in paradise now

dancing in the sky

.

laughing

singing

listening

seeing

.

with a beautiful mind

that her beautiful smile

could only allude to.

People Like Those: Aigneis

From a Bus to a Crassula

Tread soft amongst the Irish, for they'll steal your heart away.

The Problem with an Orange

Still Good To Eat

A poet struggles to find an elusive rhyme.

The Song of Bert and Harry: Sugar

Potentially Dangerous to Health

If you are offered sugar in an exotic location, make sure it’s not high-fructose.

People Like Those: Jonathon

Another Life Well Lived

A tribute to friendship, and a life well lived against the odds.

Days Like Those: Hat Thieves Beware

You Have Been Warned

It’s good to know your companions will always have your back… regardless of how old they are.

The Song of Bert and Harry: The Name of that Pub

It wasn't the Banana Arms

Old men may be chatting about medication, past glories and bowel movements… or trying to remember where they went last night.

People Like Those: The Welsh One

Baring My Celtic Soul

From Cardiff’s seafront to the peaks of Snowdonia, from Shirley Bassey to JPR Williams, this poem is about belonging, identity, and that Celtic spark that shines brighter than midnight stars. Read it, feel it, and tell me... where does your heart call home?

People Like Those: Lives Well Lived

They Overcame

We've all got stories, tales, yarns to tell... fiction, faction or non-fiction, but few of us have life stories that last for a hundred years. This piece features snippets from the lives of a centenarian and his almost-centenarian wife.

She Loved Me Not

The glint in her eye was too risky

A hapless young man's quest for love in limerick format (what else?) is thwarted again and again. Caution! No smut on display.

21st Century Song of Summer

peeps a-scoffin' al fresco pies

It’s sobering to think that while summer is celebrated in some parts of the world with music festivals, sporting tournaments, flower shows, fringe festivals, craft fairs, parties in the park, etc, people in other parts of the world are struggling to put nutritious food in their children’s bellies. And in yet other parts of the world, they are too busy firing missiles at each other. My poem, therefore, is sadly only about modern summer living in some parts of the world.

Litopia

Litopia

Her Beautiful Smile

People Like Those: Aigneis

The Problem with an Orange

The Song of Bert and Harry: Sugar

People Like Those: Jonathon

Days Like Those: Hat Thieves Beware

The Song of Bert and Harry: The Name of that Pub

People Like Those: The Welsh One

People Like Those: Lives Well Lived

She Loved Me Not

21st Century Song of Summer

In The Summertime

The World Has Missed You

Nobody Else’s Girl

One Day in April

Merlin

Bonnie Bethany

Don’t Call On Me

Christina

About It All Again

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