NOTYEATS
LATEST POEMS FROM SEAN NOTYEATS
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Political, satirical, comical and some surprises
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ASPECTS OF IRELAND
Lurking in the Background
The End of the Rainbow
The Confederation of Irish States
New Age Finance
Let's decide tomorrow?
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A WOMAN'S WORLD?
Relationships
The Shard
The Mirrors
Eyes half open
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METAPHORS FOR MANKIND
In Memory of Albert Ross
How to grasp the Green
Running Red
Sing a Song of Silence
The Air Hole
The High Ground
Can we avoid the void?
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A PATCHWORK OF POLITICS
Tribes and Tribulations
Tablets of Mercury
Chameleon
Transmigration of Blame
Dylan
Second in Seconds
Is it worth the wait?
ON A LIGHER NOTE
The Trodden Berry
Allthings to All Men
Joints
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Please see extracts below
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ASPECTS OF IRELAND
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Lurking in the Background © Sean Notyeats 2017
Ireland has some parties that everyone denies
They are lurking in the background away from Irish Eyes
A chip upon each shoulder balances the head
To resurrect old grievances that we thought we're dead
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​ At the End of the Rainbow © Sean Notyeats 2017​
Shifting cloud reveals bog, reveals the limestone kast of the Burren
The fleshpots of Galway lie somewhere in the mists to the north
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The Confederation of Irish States © Sean Notyeats 2017​
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Loosely based on the old folksong Danny Boy
Oh Ulster men your plight is quite appalling
Your entrenched views could start a deadly slide
The more delay and mindless point scoring
With no strategy you’ll not survive
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New Age Finance © Sean Notyeats 2017​​
In year 08 a twist of Fate shocked Eire to the core
Any movements back in Knock or was there something more ?
The firm of Leering Brothers or similar by name ,
Had been rash with all their cash, not a hint of shame
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A WOMAN'S WORLD?
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Relationships © Sean Notyeats 2017
The glass covered table land ripples at its edge
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The Shard © Sean Notyeats 2017
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The Mirrors © Sean Notyeats 2017
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Part 1 The Mirrored Ceiling
Mirror , Mirrors on the ceiling
Leaves me with a queasy feeling
That what is seen should be concealed
When what he wants is more revealed
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Part 2 - Glass Ceiling
Mirror, Mirrors on the ceiling
We can’t see the board now leaning
Away from parity of chances
No glass route for futile glances
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Part 3 - The Theory of Mindless
Mirror of the earth rotating
Race and gender integrating?
Say the words, no acts then follow
So much for the brave tomorrow
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EYES HALF OPEN (c) Sean Notyeats 2017
What are you missing, if you are kissing with your eyes closed?
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METAPHORES FOR MANKIND
In Memory of Albert Ross ​© Sean Notyeats 2017
Round the Horn his soul was torn
Away from his mortal frame
Salt beads of spray obscured the way
When to the Gods he called by name
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Spectrum - How to grasp the green ?
© Sean Notyeats 2017
​The mnemonic of light
ROY GBIV
Unlocked by the prism key
From red to violet
But how to grasp the green?
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Running Red © Sean Notyeats 2017
The cochineal scurry away from the roller
Their soon tobe powdered remains
Destined to dress the narcissists
With less power than they think
In the scarlet stagecraft of Machiavelli
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Sing a song of silence © Sean Notyeats 2017
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Sing a song of silence
For those about to die
Now no chance of seeing
Earth or sea or sky
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THE AIR HOLE​ © Sean Notyeats 2017
As the expanding vitrification
Turns sea into sea ice
The Belugas gather
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​THE HIGH GROUND © Sean Notyeats 2017
The hollow orb of Mistletoe
Claims the highest bough
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A PATCHWORK OF POLITICS
TRIBES AND TRIBULATIONS © Sean Notyeats 2017
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You might be the most gifted girl in the world
But your community treats you as a mere chattel
You might be the most gifted boy in the world
But you live in a ghetto that deals in drugs
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Tablets of Mercury © Sean Notyeats 2017
A potential leader of the Free World liked to play with cats.
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Chameleon © Sean Notyeats 2017
Chameleon
He was there.
The background changed,
Then he was gone
Only to reappear
Across the room.
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Transmigration of Blame © Sean Notyeats 2017
Our discussion is circular
We are going nowhere
We need a focal point
We need a straw man
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Dylan © Sean Notyeats 2017
Acoustic morphs into electric
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Second in Seconds © Sean Notyeats 2017
I know I came in second place
I know I didn't win the race
But my time I know was mine.
You used drugs, we know the signs
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Is it worth the wait (c) Sean Notyeats 2018
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When World War 2 was over, the zeitgeist had to shift"
Never mind the quality, just feel that special width"
A joke made by tailors for those that did survive
When they hoped their demob suits would last past 45
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ON A LIGHER NOTE
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The Trodden Berry© Sean Notyeats 2017
Come Kirk, Uhura and Spock lend a hand
Your liberal visions not going to plan
Klingons and Ferengi have just been banned
And we cannot trust the changeling
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Allthing to All Men © Sean Notyeats 2017
One day of yore the norse god Thor
Returned to his Asgard home
He revelled in time travel
And ceaselessly did roam
Odin chief god of all things
Berated his wayward son
"Recover those lost powers
You so recently won
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JOINT INTERESTS © Sean Notyeats 2017
The butcher and junkie, thought it was quite funky,
for them to meet like this
The real estate agent, looked rather vacant,
when a dealer blew a kiss
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