Casey’s Bar.197?

Casey’s Bar.197?
By bike and car, 
From near and far,
They gather every night
To have a pint of Guinness the working man’s delight.
They come in from Bushfield , Killeen and Cloonlyon,
There’s Kelly’s, Lundy’s and Leeches and everyone is buying.
There’s some from Hagfield and Culmore and more are coming in,
There’s Lennon, Freyne, Harringtonn and here comes Jimmy Quinn.
There are people here for Christmas from Dublin, Galway and Cork
A good few over from England, and a couple from New York.
There’s Paddy in the corner telling stories oh so tall,
And Jim and Jack are throwing darts at a board upon the wall.
Now there’s talk of starting up a friendly game of cards,
And making sure the goose is won before they see the Guards.
Out in the back room right beside the Gents
They are playing that new game called pool for only ten new pence.
There are friendly people here each night as fine as you could know
From the finest County in the land the County of Mayo
So if per chance you are thirsty when you are passing through
There is a spot where you should stop and have a pint or two.
Six miles or so from Swinford your money you put down
In Casey’s Bar ,in Church Street, in good old Charlestown.

Empty tomorrow ©2019TonyFallon0228

Empty tomorrow 

©2019TonyFallon0228

You know I have loved you for most of my life
At least since I can remember
Then I loved you more once you became my wife
That day long ago in September

Over the years we shared sorrow and delight
And our pains and aches
We were not angry when retiring at night
And we know we both made mistakes

People marry without many directions
Or a "How to do it book"
That would point out corrections
There are more details on how to be a cook

There's no quiz or interviews
A license for a few bucks is all you need 
It's easier to get than one for catching blues
There are no rules and regulations to read

How can a love that sizzled? 
And was so easy to maintain
suddenly have fizzled?
A love I thought would never wane

your coldness came so unexpected
No smiles and your eyes are not aglow
you seem so unconnected
Your heart could be empty tomorrow

Patrick and Brendan’s Tree ©2019TonyFallon0226

Patrick and Brendan’s Tree

©2019TonyFallon0226

When a wind storm comes to town

You have to be on guard

Big trees can be blown down

And leave a big hole in your yard

We’ve had rain and snow sleet and frost

And finally a gale

Now my neighbors have extra cost

Or fire wood for sale

No more in branches will birds sing

Or will they have shade

No tire on a rope for a swing

Or hide and seek games played

That it fell on neither auto nor abode

Means my neighbors were all sound

While the wild wind blowed

Now there’s one less tree to run around

Jane and I ©2019TonyFallon0225

Jane and I ©2019TonyFallon0225

Jane and I are often called very odd
But we really are like two peas in a pod
The odd thing about us is plain to be seen
I am her king and she is my queen
We buy lottery tickets and we know the gamblers lingo
Wednesday nights you can’t pull us away from Bingo
We love each other and the bright lights
And we go dancing Friday and Saturday nights
We love Karaoke singing country duets
We don’t sing very well but we have no regrets
We rarely go home early life is too exciting
We are not like other couples who are always fighting
Other couples said we love being out with you to two
And we always say we love being with you two too

Feeling Abandoned©2019TonyFallon0222

Feeling Abandoned©2019TonyFallon0222

"I won't write it down I will remember"
That's what you said to me last December
I was talking about our home address 
As you headed out in your evening dress
I said I longed to accompany you
But you just waved your hand and said adieu

I hope you do not have another swain
Driving around in my new All Terrain

The very next day I checked our account
And found you had withdrawn a big amount
By now I am a little bit concerned
I would feel better if you had returned

I am worried I didn't make you content
If you come back I will gladly repent
I rarely complained and I never whined
I though in old age we would be combined.

I am filled with remorse and frustration
and I'm suffering from near starvation
You have no idea how heartache feels
I wish you would come home and cook my meals.

Nature ©2019TonyFallon0221

Nature ©2019TonyFallon0221
Nature had no walls or borders when the world was first designed
nor were there any iron fences to keep man or beast confined

The winds could blow; the river flow and the trees grow very tall
And I'm sure there was noise in the forest whenever one would fall
There was grass and fruit and vegetable so there was no starvation
Even then the strong ruled but without taxation or regulation

There is so much difference between nature and mankind
Are we racing towards a cliff as if we are totally blind?
The world has been here forever and we should enjoy it
Will our generation be the one to forever destroy it?

People act like they invented the blessings nature bestows
But no human who has ever lived could create a rose
Nature not being tampered with can bring us peace and joy
We have to share the wilderness but we should not destroy

That we keep cutting down the trees may lead to our down fall
And if we keep using barrels of gasoline instead of gasohol
Now they want to take oil from sand with water and blasters
Which can causes earthquakes and other man-made disasters

Abandoned oil wells and coal mine are to neighborhoods a blight
Not making money no more gushing oil or tons of anthracite
As long as you are making money no worry about pollution
It's not what you know it's did you make a campaign contribution

All over the world there are fires burning out of control
Deep within our only earth until the pits run out of coal
One of those dirty Russian plumes can be seen from a space station
Meanwhile for miles around there are no animals or vegetation

Some people think information about global warming is flawed
And deny to everybody that the ice caps have ever thawed
We can't go back to simpler times when man roamed earth carefree
And we are barred from Eden because of the apple from the tree

Man pushing the boundaries with nature often collides
when Mother Nature is angry we have winds and high tides
We can build alters and huge churches to our Gods on high
But nature can turn them into rubble in the blink of an eye

If human nature was perfect then I would deduct
that we should be more nature friendly in our daily conduct
Nature had no walls or borders when the world was first designed
nor were there any iron fences to keep man or beast confined.

Nature©2019TonyFallon0218

Nature©2019TonyFallon0218

It's hard to think kindly of nature
When the snow is over two feet deep
The ice outside is like a glacier
And you are so cold you cannot sleep

The forecast called for a mild winter
So I did not cut down enough trees
Most of the cut logs are now cinders
Leaking walls do not block out the breeze

Hidden from us are icy patches
I'm afraid that I might again fall
On my knees I have three old gashes
If I'm down I have no wife to call

Winter is no friend to the feeble
A major threat to our skin and bone
When you burn wood instead of diesel
And you're living in a frigid zone

In this poem all even lines Rhyme 100%
And all odd lines almost Rhyme.
All lines have 9 syllables.