Absurd, maybe
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Thoughts echo, overcome my mind
despite my angry, useless thrusts to push them away,
on the uselessness of life
or maybe just my life.
Theatre of the Absurd as Beckett lived
theatre of the absurd, as I live
is there more? Is there anything at all?
Life is such a gift,
a once in a lifetime chance to impact […]
A fella goes to the golf course and his very first shot, it is horrible, slicing left, it goes far more to the left, then forward. He slams the club down in frustration. Suddenly, up pops a little man, from nowhere. The fella jumps. “Hey, where’d you come from?
“Never you mind that,” little man answers. […]
Kiss Me
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Kiss me, I beg you, kiss me
Let me feel your heat take my mind
off the ache that resides deep,
to my very joints,
seemingly to my very soul
distract me
with what you make grow, fuel
banish the memories
of winters cold
autumns rain
spring’s lingering nip
you are the sun, kiss me.
Wow, What an absolutley crazy, happy, stressful and fun week, with some drama thrown in, just to keep us honest.
Friday nite had record crowds, great weather, and, when Quagmyre, the opening act on the Celtic Thunder Stage, out of Toronto, lost a few of their members to immigration problems, a special fill-in guest appearance by […]
nd so it Continues… Wednesday’s edition. The blog was getting too long, so I am breaking it up. Here’s what happened today (go back to the last blog if you’d like to get Sunday thru Tuesday’s blog and pics).
Got up nice and early, around 6ish, getting all the final pieces to take out to the […]
A Continuous blog about the week around organizing the 24th Annual Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival - It goes from the bottom up, from oldest to today.
Tuesday July 18th
It all started out so well. Got up early, got a lot of paperwork caught up, did the radio show with Gerry Glennon on Midwest Irish Radio […]
I got a call today from Gerry Glennon, a fantastic Disk Jockey on one of my all time favorite radio shows, Midwest Irish Radio, out of Mayo, Ireland, on the internet, at, surprisingly enough, www.midwestirishradio.com. Gerry finally got my book, sent to him about 2 months ago and he kindly invited me on the show […]
Hi All,
Only 5 days till the 24th Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival!
Started by my father, and a group of incredibly dedicated, creative and engaging volunteers, which now number over 425, the festival is a living passion, to present, promote and preserve our wonderful Irish heritage.
So, each day you will find a daily recap, from Monday July […]
no punctuation
by john obrien jr
I was told my life must be cold
and it freezes my blood
my very being
that it is actually true
self caused
life caused
experiences
hates
fears
years of blindness or oblivion
brought on by years of my own silent world
amplified
when chosen
peaceful when not - earplugs with batteries
isolation by the random happenstance
of this family
I dont know
loving
caring
generous
warm
friendly
listen
doesnt sound cold
describes me
yet
synonyms for […]
Hello,
I have a briefly free evening (it is 11:30 p.m.) from preparing for the 24th Annual Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival, to be held next weekend, July 21-23 at the Berea Fairgrounds in Cleveland, Ohio - www.clevelandirish.org.
This will be our 24th year and it just keeps growing and growing and (knock on my wooden head) great […]