Inspiration Angel - by Ann Marquette GUEST POST

Dedicated to my friend Terri who passed away in 2006…
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I didn’t know you well
I didn’t know you long
But, you became a friend
And, you inspired me

Your kindness and caring
Even through your pain
Your strength, courage, and faith
Amazed and inspired me

Your sweet nagging
To keep writing
To finish the next book
Made my heart smile
You inspired me

I miss you Sweet Lady
Yet you are always
A part of me
In my heart
A beautiful memory
My Inspiration Angel

© December 11, 2006

The Budget is coming! - GUEST VERSE

by Vincent Houlihan  © 

The Budget is coming,

we're scared to the bone,

will I give up me car,

me house or me phone?
They're tellin me NAMA

and Anglo are kool,
but they've taken me steak,

now I have to eat gruel...

First they said 2 years,

now they say ten,
and they'll tax me gold fillings

between now and then,
if we have work ideas,

they think we're just snobs,

we lose all our benefits

if we create jobs.

Oh! and while I'm at it,

don't ever get sick,
3 weeks on a trolley 

just won't do the trick.

so they'll pick on the pensions,

its easy - they're old,
and export the young ones

as though they're being sold,

what's left will be muggins

and all of my kind,

to follow our leaders

as though we were blind,

If we dont find the culprits, 

it will happen again,
we need  a clear message 

to send out the them.
The mystical tiger 

who once stalked our shore,
now lies like a crumpled old rug

on the floor......................

Here I am

by Claire Hegarty

Here I am,
and I know I'm okay
It's taken me a long  time
to feel this way,
a long long time,,
to know who I am
to cultivate
some inner calm

It will take more time
this I know
to get to where
I want to go
but at least I know
where that is now
I know where I want to get to
and I know  how

The answers come
from within
I wish I had known this
when I was young and thin!
Inner peace and calm
this is the key
to get to where
I want to be