In Europe

A nostalgic, lighthearted poem about The Land of My

Reflections on Ireland and the Irish, based on decades of

The heads of state of those countries bidding for the Summer Olympics of 2012 met in Singapore to hear the committee’s decision. Among them was the Prime Minister of the UK, intent on pressing the London case. No sooner had he returned to that city, than terrorists’ actions shattered euphoria and many lives. (With grateful acknowledgement to the Beatles for some of their lines, which I have

Twenty-two people were killed by a terrorist bomb at the end of a concert by Ariana Grande in the Manchester Arena, in May

In April 2019, at the start of Holy Week, fire broke out in the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in