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Poems Made Personal, Cloncurry, Kildare (2026)

06/11/2024

Goodbye Before Hello

My little November baby, today is the day you were due
And I feel so terribly sad that I couldn’t give life to you
From the moment I knew you existed, I couldn’t wait for this day
But with three simple words, all that excitement was snatched away
I never expected to hear “there’s no heartbeat, I thought everything was perfectly fine
And I was about to get the first glimpse of this 3rd little baby of mine
It’s so painful to relive it but sometimes that’s what I need to do
Because being back in that moment is when I feel closest to you
I carried you for 12 more days before you were taken from me
The tiniest bit of my heart broke that day and that’s how it will always be
I haven’t changed on the outside but on the inside I’m not the same
I wish you’d stayed a bit longer and we could at least have given you a name
You were going to complete the trio and you were going to share the same birth month as me
But for reasons I’ll never know, it just wasn’t meant to be
There are so many others who have lost precious people who physically existed in this world
And I know that I am so very lucky that I already have two little girls
I never got to stroke your hair or see you smile, and yet
In losing you I have learned it’s possible to miss someone you’ve never even met
Since you, we have lost another baby and it’s so hard to understand
When I think of you both I like to imagine you happy and holding each others hand
I wondered so many things about you; would you be a girl or a boy
I couldn’t wait to hold you on my chest and feel that pure elation and joy
Would you look like either of your sisters or would you be a mix of the two
These are things I’ll never know, I just know we’ll always speak of you
We’ll remember you and your younger sibling, who would be due next spring
And we’ll think of our little babies every time we ring a new year in
This is my goodbye to you, my little 3rd and 4th
You’ll always be right here with me, your time was just too short

29/04/2022

This one was a house moving gift from a few years ago. Taking orders now!

26/04/2022

I Never Thought

I never thought that I would enjoy kissing someone else’s toes
Or that I could happily stare for ages at a tiny little nose
I never thought I’d go away to a nice hotel and be in bed before nine
I never thought I’d wish the hours away while also wanting to slow down time
I never thought that my hair could fall out at such an alarming rate
I didn’t think that I would ever be interested in someone else’s weight
I never quite got the huge importance of a strong pelvic floor
I am not quite as ignorant on that subject any more
I never thought I’d spend a whole day with someone and when I went to bed
Scroll through their pictures when I could be getting valuable sleep instead
I never thought I’d look forward to getting out for the weekly shop
I never thought I would go out in public with vomit on my top
I never thought that hearing someone pass wind could give me satisfaction
I never thought the actual birth would be easier than the contractions
I never knew the fear of someone simply closing a door
Or the terror of accidentally walking over the one squeaky spot on the floor
I thought I knew a lot of things, but the opposite is true
Before a little girl was placed on my chest, I didn’t have a clue

02/06/2020

The Mirror
My friend gave me a beautiful mirror; it hangs inside my front door
Last week it came loose from the wall and fell onto the floor
Now the wall looks very blank in the spot just above the book case
And since that mirror is gone I realise how much I look at my face
I love that mirror because my friend made it specifically with me in mind
The glass is surrounded by striking & unusual colours and designs
But when I look at that mirror beauty is not what catches my eye
It’s the double chin or the pores that tell me I need to detoxify
Every time I walk past that mirror on my way out the door
It is always the negatives I see, anything positive is ignored
And yet I am compelled to look, in every surface that allows
I even manage to make a mirror out of my blank laptop screen somehow
And now that Zoom is our new pub, things have really come to a head
There could be 20 faces on the screen but I spend the time looking at myself instead
I wonder if anyone else notices where my eyes are directed
Sometimes I get paranoid that my vanity has been detected!
The missing mirror has me thinking that it would be great if there was no such thing
As a piece of glass that highlights your veiny legs or your bingo wings
But then I think some more and I realise the mirror is not to blame
Learning to be happy and content in your own skin should be the aim
It’s so much easier said than done but at the end of the day
Surely people notice how you make them feel, not how many kg you weigh
Image has become an obsession and I wish it wasn’t so
I wonder if cave women were self-conscious all those years ago
What were the issues of the day in society back then?
Did wrinkles and bushy eyebrows bother them or were they just completely zen
I suspect they had bigger things to worry about so they probably relied on their friends
To tell them how they looked before heading out at the weekend!
What if your friends were your mirror & it was a given that what they said was true
You would see yourself through their eyes and you would love yourself too
My body and my face are constantly being abused and tormented by my mind
It’s a continuous loop that plays in my head that I wish I could stop or rewind
It’s become my default inner dialogue and what’s scary is I’m mostly unaware
Of the way I constantly put myself down but it’s so uncalled for and very unfair!
There is so much more to life and I need to cut myself some slack
From now on I’m going to try my hardest to have my own back
So when that mirror is fixed I’m going to hang it up high
And I’ll start by giving myself a wink and a smile every time I pass by!

17/04/2020

The free poems offer ended last Friday and last night I sent the last of them to their recipients. The feedback has been great which makes all the hours that went into writing them worth it💗

30/03/2020

This is definitely true when it comes to ordering my poems! I have had a brilliant response to my previous post about free poems until 10th April! So much so, that I am going to have to limit the amount of poems ordered per person to one. It means that the quality will be better as I will be able to spend more time on each one. Thanks again to everyone who has shown interest. Hopefully we can cheer up a few people with a nice surprise over the next few weeks:)

26/03/2020

Wouldn’t it be nice, during these days of self isolation, if you went out to your letter box and found inside a poem written especially for you? I know that some people are lonely, missing family and friends, exhausted from working long hours, or a little down in the dumps because their wedding has been postponed. It’s a nice opportunity to let someone know that you are thinking of them.
If you can’t get to the post office I can print and post it for you. Or I can hand deliver it to a letter box myself if you are in the North Kildare/South Meath area. It won’t be in a frame but I will make it look as pretty as I can!

*No fee for poems ordered during the next two weeks*

DM to get the ball rolling.

05/11/2019

Two Little Boys

This day six months ago there arrived two little boys
With long skinny legs and big bright eyes
How they have changed since the 5th day of May
Now they've little rolls of fat and they’re gurgling away
It’s hard to put into words what their arrival means
One would have been lovely but two is the stuff of dreams
For a boy who grew up with six siblings, all of them sisters
Now he finally has his own two little misters
For now they don’t pay too much attention to each other
But imagine the fun that lies ahead for these 2 little brothers
And if things ever get boring for these twin boys
They have hordes of cousins to fight with them over their toys
Along with their big sister the dog, they are a treasured pair
They are two happy babies and sleepless nights are rare
They're great company for their Mum who takes it all in her stride
And they rarely make a fuss as long as they’re fed and nappies are dry
They have plenty of aunties and uncles to ensure they don’t step out of line
And Grandparents to guide them and teach them to always be thoughtful and kind
Time will march on and six months will quickly turn to twelve
By then it’ll be time for stair gates and moving valuables to high shelves

19/09/2019

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08/10/2018

Happy Autumn!

Thoughts turn to Halloween and the leaves are crispy and brown
Shops are raided for winter tights and you start to feel the cold from the ground
Scary faces stare from shop windows and winter recipes appear in magazines
Soups and stews abound, there’s not a salad to be seen
Earlier rises in the mornings to allow for defrosting the car
It hasn’t started yet but it won’t be very far
People coughing and sneezing, head cold season has begun
Vitamin D is bought to make up for the impending lack of sun
It looks like it’s 10pm when it’s really only eight
You change the tog of your duvet because you need the extra weight
The grate is cleaned up and the sods are brought in
Once the fire is lit, Autumn officially begins
It’s the season for wrapping up well and walking in the countryside
And you smell like that cool outside air when you step back inside
It’s for sitting in a pub with friends beside a fire that crackles and spits
It’s a time for mending broken bodies after a season of heavy hits
Beach visits and bbq’s are swapped for box sets and hibernation
Or if you feel like making a change it’s a perfect time for a transformation
Under the cover of darkness you can busy yourself with a new mission
And when the brightness returns you might find yourself in a better position
Learn to drive, get fit, start a course or start being nicer to yourself
Book a holiday, visit friends or read that book that’s been years on the shelf
It’s colder and darker out and some nights the wind rattles the trees
But positive change can come on the back of a strong breeze

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