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John Anthony Brennan's Blog – August 2016 Archive (8)
The Rock
It looked sad and forlorn sitting by the side of the Creamery road as though it knew that it had long been abandoned. I first noticed it one rainy afternoon when I was almost seven years old and I can still vividly recall the sweet scent of wild honeysuckle, hanging heavily on the air that…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 31, 2016 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments
The Belfastman Who Challenged Einstein
I was lying on the couch one lazy Sunday evening ‘channel surfing,and doing my utmost to avoid the news channels. I find that watching the news these days only deepens my brooding sense of melancholia and re-awakens the primal urge to run away, wrap myself in animal skins and take up…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on August 28, 2016 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments
She: A Dedication to the Muse
Within the written she resides
in quiet assurance of her place.
Lithe and languid, with regal mien,
she glides from the page bearing gifts.
The mantle, flowing through the ages,
envelops her in verity profound.
Gently musing all the while,
in soft tones of…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on August 26, 2016 at 8:30pm — 8 Comments
The Journey: A Nomad Reflects
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Author John A. Brennan's Psalms of a Traveling Man
Author John A. Brennan has just penned his latest poetry collection entitled "The Journey:…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 16, 2016 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments
Can You Hear me Now: A Trans-Atlantic Connection.
The next time you make a trans-Atlantic phone call, raise a glass, smile and tip your hat to an ingenious Irishman; a man that Charles Darwin once described as being “like an odious specter.” This man had incurred the wrath of Darwin for daring to oppose…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on August 15, 2016 at 9:30pm — No Comments
The Meadow Ballet
The scythe was invented in about 500 BC and first appeared in Europe during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was used mostly for mowing hay, and replaced the sickle for reaping crops by the 16th century as it was more efficient. As a farming tool, it remained in use for many years, even after the…
Added by John Anthony Brennan on August 12, 2016 at 10:00pm — No Comments
The Poet's Glen and Creggan Vale
Three of Ireland’s well-loved 18th century Gaelic poets lie at rest in the graveyard of Creggan Church, near to my hometown of Crossmaglen, County Armagh. The poets, Filid Art Mc Cooey, Padraig MacAliondain and the rapparee poet Seamus mor MacMurphy sleep under the oaks and elms in the company…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on August 7, 2016 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments
Gullion: Mountain of Steep Slopes
Photo of Gullion courtesy of Colin Boyle.
I am Gullion, old as time itself, older than the pre-dawn of life, forged in the crucible of a ring of fire, before man existed. Up here the air is pure and fresh and crisp as the frost of winter’s breath. I’ve seen it all from up here, here by the bottomless lake, here beside…
ContinueAdded by John Anthony Brennan on August 6, 2016 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments
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