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Peter’s first book was Poetical Pictures of Kerry, and although he thought it might not sell very well, the whole of its production and printing costs were recouped on the first day of sales.    The book was a great success and was reprinted a few weeks later.   

He published his second book early the following year, and Poetical Pictures Volume Two became equally popular.

This download includes a selection of poems from both these titles. 

SAMPLE  VERSES

 

CRAG CAVE

Way down in the darkness where no one had been
For a million years, there were sights never seen;
Then Martyn Farr dived in the year 'eighty three,
And "Divers Delight" was the cave he did see;
With stalagmites rising stalactites coming down
We've seen Grainne's Kitchen way down underground;
The visitors come and they rant and they rave
When they've seen all the treasures way down in Crag Cave. ....(cont)

SPRECIAL GOLF BALLS

The "Titleist Pinnacle", the ball you cannot cut
But will it travel farther as you play your pitch and putt?
I buy a box of six new balls and march out on the tee
Feeling good and confident at the first, a short par three.....(continued)

 

RELIEF IN FARRANFORE

I've been in small pub yards,
I've been in hotel bars,  
I’ve been in those “public as well,
I’ve travelled from Derry
To the Kingdom of Kerry
But I have a strange tale to tell:  
I just cannot find a good toilet
That is clean and has everything there,
A seat and a lock and some paper
And to see a coat hook is so rare. .…………… (continued)

FAREWELL TO THE SLEÁN

I can remember the sun on my back,
As I cut the black turf with my sleán,
I did it the way that my father showed me
And his father before I was born. …………… (continued)

 

Read all 18 poems in full for only €3.00