Irish Poet Quotes

“Better to humour them politely
Or to resign very quietly
But if you opt to fight like a cat
Bear in mind, you could die like a rat”
― Barry Jacob, The Lockdown Collection

“Books of the sages of the ages reflect upon in stages; like honey their words on the tongue give due savour.”
{Source: A Green Desert Father}”
― Richard Mc Sweeney, A Green Desert Father

“She was walking into doors again

A regular habit so it seems"

From the Domestic”
― Vincent S. Coster, Eat Not My Brother

“Might not get Easter or Paddy’s Day
But Leo says maybe! Who’s he to say
Men need their bets, pints and Grubb
So Tony, Phil and Ronan let us go to the pub.”
― Barry Jacob, The Lockdown Collection

“Brexit means Brexit
In this she was being upfront
But her only reward from some
Would be a hot knife in her front”
― Barry Jacob, The Lockdown Collection

“Why not admit that other people are always
Organic to the self, that a monologue
Is the death of language and that a single lion
Is less himself, or alive, than a dog and another dog?
With vision but it is vision builds the eye;
And in a sense the children kill their parents
But do the parents die?
And the beloved destroys like fire or water
But water sculpts and fire refines
And if you are going to read the testaments of cynics
You must read between the lines.”
― Louis MacNeice, Autumn Journal

“You’re full of keys and clues, crafty in your use of ordinary tools. You were creating from the moment we got here. Poets are formidable spellcasters—and equally skilled at shattering illusions. You’re made to be free from petty manipulations.”
― Laurie Perez, The Cosmos of Amie Martine