Peter’s Third book became the base material for his one man show at the Siamsa Tíre National Theatre and Arts Centre in Tralee. Many of these poems are included in this download together with some remaining works from his second book.
Among these are his classics “The Pothole of Lyrecrompane”, which featured on RTE’s Gay Byrne Show, and “The Climbers” which was filmed for the Television programme “Summer Journeys”.
Contents:
The Pothole of Lyrecrompane, The Cow in the Kitchen, A Voice in the Wilderness, All Gummed up, The Birthday Present, The Corncrake, The Holiday, The Beehives, The Climbers, Humpty Dumpty, Catch 22, The Poet, The Sportsmen, The Chestnut Tree, The Rubbish Heap, A Letter to an Emmigrant, The Joggers of Barraduff, The Tooth.
(First Published 1991 and 1992)
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SAMPLE VERSES
THE POTHOLE OF LYREACROMPANE
I've travelled this planet around me
From Shanghai, right down to Cape Horn,
But nothing I've seen can amaze me
Like a sight up near Lyreacrompane,
It’s there in the middle of the highway
For everyone passing to see,
The best in the Kerry collection,
A pothole of the highest degree. .……………(continued)
THE COW IN THE KITCHEN
The telephone rang at the Barrack,
It was Maggie, who lived with her son,
Her voice, it was all of a panic:
"You will never believe what I've done;
Can you please come around to my rescue?
As soon as you can, like right now,
For there, in the midst of my kitchen
Stands the frame of a black Kerry Cow." .…...…(continued)
THE CLIMBERS
This, the story of the climbers
And their fight with Carrantouhil,
Meeting up in Cronin's farmyard,
Putting on their boots and talking:
"Have we food enough 'til nightfall?"
"Have we map and have we compass?”
Then the clicking of the cameras
Taking pictures of the people
Who are ready to go climbing
Up on Ireland's highest mountain. .……………(continued)
THE TOOTH
When you wake up with a pain
That is driving you insane,
It’s those much neglected teeth that are decaying,
And six Ponstan a day
Won’t keep the pain away
But it’s a visit to the dentist you’re delaying. ……(continued)
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