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Sometimes a Web Site in transit has a back up of original for awhile, like a .org spare or at a webmaster.com address so, don't give up. It never hurts to ask. Wishing you the best about salvaging your special poems. Heads up, OK?
SINCE 1995 OR EARLIER I HAVE BEEN SUBMITTING POEMS TO POETRY.COM UNTIL I HAD MORE THAN 100 POEMS THERE BUT NOW I FIND THAT STEVE MICHAELS OR WHATEVER SCHLEMIEL RUNS IT TRASHED MY WORK WHEN HE MERGED HIS OP WITH LULU.COM. I CANT ACCESS IT,AND I BET T…
Ill take a picture of it when I get time and download it.Im regrettably a novice with a digital camera,but I think I can.....eventually(as in most things).
ABOVE MY COMPUTER(ON MY DESK IN MY BEDROOM) I HAVE A BODHRAN MOUNTED ON THE WALL WITH A CELTIC KNOW DESIGN FEATURING A MUSICIAN TWO BIRDS AND A DOG OF SOME KIND
Thanks for inviting me! Im afraid if I were younger,I might just have celtic tattoos all over my body;that'sd how much I l;ove Celtic art!
Forum for people interested in discussing Celtic art.
I dunno....I just enter the poetry as a blog,and let it go from there....maybe that's the way to go.Try that,and see if it works.Good luck!
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- About Me:
- I'm a writer of songs,poems,and stories as well as an artist,born and bred in Chicago,Illinois and living near Shreveport,Louisiana, of German-Irish descent,and Celtic lore language,music,and poetry is my passion,especially (but not exclusively) Irish.I'm also a former member of the Oak Park Art League in Oak Park Illinois,with whom I exhibited 1970-1980.My favorite instruments? Fiddle,pipes,harps,and you name it! I've also worked with and published in the Chicago -based Irish American News,and have many poems on Poetry.com and the former Belfast- based newsmagazine THE BLANKET
- Hobbies/Interests:
- I'm a jack of all trades and a master of none;
But my greatest hobby is just having fun;
To travel to write,lots of new friends to meet-
I must be a poet-I've got really big feet!
- My Profession:
- Over the years,I've worked in what may be called Info Technology as well as for insurance companies.I've also worked for the Irish American News,Des Plaines Journal,and Chicago Suburban Newspapers.I've helped edit newspapers and school magazines as well as contributing poems and stories occasionally.I guess you could say I'm a student of life.
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- In a relationship
- Website/Personal Page Where I Provide A Link To This Site:
- http://myspace.com/charlie
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Absinthe Medieval
The Fays have sprinkled faerie dust
Their hosts,in vales of myrtles,
And swords,skian dubhs, Tequila Rose,
And maidens in their kirtles.
My absinthe, medieval, lutes
And vielles assail my slumber
And plunge me in this dusky night
Unleashed in all its wonder.
To you I raise my greedy glass,
As on my bier I ponder
Which way,which road that I might take
Where faeries are wont to wander.
I kiss them as they disappear,
My eyes are glazed and leaden;
But angels,'fore me,they appear
And rapture me t… Continue
Their hosts,in vales of myrtles,
And swords,skian dubhs, Tequila Rose,
And maidens in their kirtles.
My absinthe, medieval, lutes
And vielles assail my slumber
And plunge me in this dusky night
Unleashed in all its wonder.
To you I raise my greedy glass,
As on my bier I ponder
Which way,which road that I might take
Where faeries are wont to wander.
I kiss them as they disappear,
My eyes are glazed and leaden;
But angels,'fore me,they appear
And rapture me t… Continue
Posted on October 25, 2009 at 10:55pm —
PRODS & TAIGS:You Are All Either saved or You Ain't!
Quit saying the Prods hate the taigees-
Quit saying the Taigs hate the prods;
Tis the Sassanachs & their liars have confused 'em,
By confounding the matter of God.
For there is no difference in Jesus-
You are all either saved or you ain't;
But God will resolve the confusion
And the lies about church and 'bout state.
Don't speak of the Alien Minister
Or his church without meaning or faith;
For the foundation-stone of his temple
Is the ballocks of Henry the Eighth.
But God will resolve the… Continue
Quit saying the Taigs hate the prods;
Tis the Sassanachs & their liars have confused 'em,
By confounding the matter of God.
For there is no difference in Jesus-
You are all either saved or you ain't;
But God will resolve the confusion
And the lies about church and 'bout state.
Don't speak of the Alien Minister
Or his church without meaning or faith;
For the foundation-stone of his temple
Is the ballocks of Henry the Eighth.
But God will resolve the… Continue
Posted on March 28, 2009 at 6:12pm — 1 Comment
THE DEAD MAN'S CONFESSION
(This is a sort of horror story,so don't be surprised,cuz Bram Stoker,Sheridan Lefanu, and others have done well and better)
I chopped up Mary-Alice,
(Said a dead man in his poem)
but you will never find her-
she's the earth,that we make loam.
You ask me why i killed her-
i can't tell you-I don't know;
yes,i killed her,and i buried her
in the basement of my mother's home.
The fact does not much matter,
but i went bach,in awhile;
yes,i went back and i chopped her up,
like that guy in Seven Dia… Continue
I chopped up Mary-Alice,
(Said a dead man in his poem)
but you will never find her-
she's the earth,that we make loam.
You ask me why i killed her-
i can't tell you-I don't know;
yes,i killed her,and i buried her
in the basement of my mother's home.
The fact does not much matter,
but i went bach,in awhile;
yes,i went back and i chopped her up,
like that guy in Seven Dia… Continue
Posted on March 22, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment
I YIELD UNTO THE PEDESTRIANS OF CHANCE
the left subaltern from the right
breaks down before the paraphrase of thought;
i cast once more the balance in my wake;
a million unseen faces, bubbles of unseen climbing
between the sleep of clouded dreams
I climb as if unto windows under eaves
and sit for hours although
I rush through the void
and do not see what I am told to....
for once I seek only to enjoy myself
and damned be what doesn't:
to you I lift up my mind, o ghosts of
my fortune
for what avails this coming of
lite after nite with… Continue
breaks down before the paraphrase of thought;
i cast once more the balance in my wake;
a million unseen faces, bubbles of unseen climbing
between the sleep of clouded dreams
I climb as if unto windows under eaves
and sit for hours although
I rush through the void
and do not see what I am told to....
for once I seek only to enjoy myself
and damned be what doesn't:
to you I lift up my mind, o ghosts of
my fortune
for what avails this coming of
lite after nite with… Continue
Posted on March 14, 2009 at 11:48am — 1 Comment
Explanation of preceeding poem
After loads of skullduggery between the Chicago FBI,British intelligence,and other agencies,Michael McKevitt was shanghaied and condemned for the Omagh bombing.Only thing that was sure was he was in the IRA at the time.It was also shown that the RUC had the bomb and they moved it to where the most people could be dispatched.later,they condemned McKevitt for the 29 people it killed.Although he hasnt been convicted,they wanted a victim,and he was it.So he rests in Portlaoise prison until, 2016.Tha… Continue
Posted on March 8, 2009 at 3:21pm —
Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 8:24am on October 25, 2009,
Jim McAuley said…
- Hi Charlie --
See and have a Hoot at that --- BEST WISHES ! JIM,
- At 8:04am on April 4, 2009,
Awen said…
- Hi Charles - you are filled with Awen and know it well, already - you just didn't know the Welsh word for it! The Druids did use the word, to describe the "Divine poetic inspiration" of their Bards...and you are certainly a Bard!
It comes from the root word Awel that means "breeze." Kind of like Kamikaze - Divine Wind....but with happier results!
- At 5:23pm on February 8, 2009,
Jolene said…
- Shane is the one who suggested you post some of your poems, and since I just read the comment I would have to agree with that. You go for is Charles.
Cheers Jolene
- At 1:08pm on February 8, 2009,
Phalaïna said… - Absinthe the plant or the alcohol ?
- At 9:28am on February 8, 2009,
Celtic Networks said… 
Hi Charles,
Was just lookin' over yer profile and love your poem. We could use some good poems in the Celtic Poetry group!
Peace be the journey,
Shane Clark
- At 9:13am on February 8, 2009,
Jolene said…
- Hey Charles, that would be great Cheers Jolene
- At 12:46am on February 8, 2009,
Phalaïna said…
- Hi Charles !
Let's have fun on this site ! Slainte ! Phalaïna
- At 8:53am on February 7, 2009,
Teresa265 said… - Hi Charlie,
Well we're ALL keeping an eye on you so watch out!!
- At 1:14am on February 7, 2009,
Teresa265 said…
- Hi Charlie,
I joined, too. See ya around...
Teresa265
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