RTE News- CAO points down for more than half of courses offered August 21, 2017About 52,000 applicants have received offers of places at third level from the CAO with changes to both the points and Leaving Cert grading systems contributing to fluctuations in the points requirements for the majority of courses.
- New bus priority measures in effect on Dublin quays August 21, 2017Motorists commuting into Dublin city this morning are advised to avoid the quays because of new bus priority measures.
- Ten sailors missing after US warship and tanker collide August 21, 2017Ten sailors are missing after a US warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore, the US Navy said.
- Barcelona chief suspect may have crossed into France August 21, 2017Police in Spain are still searching for the chief suspect in the Barcelona terror attack and have not ruled out the possibility he may have crossed over into France.
- Total solar eclipse to sweep across parts of US August 21, 2017A total solar eclipse will sweep across parts of the US later day, with day turning into night for two minutes in 14 states.
- Varadkar to focus on business, trade on Canada trip August 21, 2017Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is due to attend a business breakfast in Toronto this morning at the start of the second day of his three-day visit to Canada.
- Sinn Féin proposal to restart NI talks to be considered August 21, 2017The British and Irish governments will this week consider a suggestion from Sinn Féin that negotiations to restore devolved government at Stormont should begin next Monday.
- Three held in Kilkenny stabbing inquiry released August 21, 2017Three men arrested by gardaí investigating a stabbing in Co Kilkenny have been released without charge.
- Missing British-Australian boy was killed in Barcelona August 20, 2017A British-Australian boy, who had been reported as missing by his grandfather, was killed in the vehicle attack in Barcelona, an official from Catalonia region's emergency services confirmed today.
- Invitation to Trump still stands, says Taoiseach August 20, 2017The Taoiseach has said that the invitation to US President Donald Trump to visit Ireland still stands.
- CAO points down for more than half of courses offered August 21, 2017
Category Archives: Poetry
The Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. 2 He said to his friend, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, History, Poet, Poetry, United Kingdom, USA, Writing & Writers
Tagged Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere's Ride, poem, poetry, The Landlord's Tale
Sonnet 37 By W.Shakespeare
Modern Version: Just as a decrepit father takes pleasure in seeing his active child engaging in youthful activities, so I, whom misfortune has injured and crippled, take all the comfort I can in your good worth and fidelity. For whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Father, poet, poetry, Shakespeare, Sonnet 37, William Shakespeare
Keep The Faith Writers, It’s A Difficult Journey!
Title: Letters to a young poet Author: Rainer Marie Rilke ISBN – 10: 1603864806 ISBN – 13 : 978-1603864800 Publisher: Merchant Books, 2012 Edition Sample Text: ‘You ask whether your verses are any good. You ask me. You have asked … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Blogs And Blogging, Letters, Poet, Poetry, Writing & Writers, Writing Skills
Tagged Franz Kappus, Letters to a young poet, poet, Rainer Marie Rilke, writing
May-Day By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In Celebration Of Our May Bank-Holiday Weekend! Daughter of Heaven and Earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Maketh all things softly smile, Painteth pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup with cowslip-wreaths, Whence a smokeless incense breathes. Girls are … Continue reading
Easter Week By Charles Kingsley
See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices; Fields and gardens hail the spring; Shaughs and woodlands ring with voices, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Kingsley, Easter, Easter Week, poem, poetry
Lent By George Herbert
Welcome deare feast of Lent: who loves not thee, He loves not Temperance, or Authoritie, But is compos’d of passion. The Scriptures bid us fast; the Church sayes, now: Give to thy Mother, what thou wouldst allow To ev’ry Corporation. … Continue reading
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Tagged George Herbert, Lent, poem, poetry
For Mum – Happy Mother’s Day
The Song of the Old Mother By W.B Yeats I RISE in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow. And then I must scrub, and bake, and sweep, Till stars are … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Mothers, Parenting, Poetry
Tagged poetry, The Song of the Old Mother, W B Yeats, William Butler Yeats
