poemsbypaulmccann

Stories in this set

Using Your Head (An Epigram)

Submitted on August 23, 2009 - 12:04 | 67 reads

Mountain Meadows ( A Sijo )

Submitted on August 25, 2009 - 08:41 | 61 reads

40 Days In The Desert

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 02:26 | 848 reads

A Romantic Air ( A Crosstalk )

Submitted on August 28, 2009 - 09:22 | 73 reads

A Still Moment (An Idyll )

Submitted on August 27, 2009 - 13:36 | 53 reads

A Tortured Life

Submitted on June 10, 2005 - 12:07 | 752 reads

Always In Waiting

Submitted on April 1, 2007 - 06:50 | 615 reads

Always In Waiting ( A Sonnet )

Submitted on August 23, 2009 - 11:51 | 76 reads

An Internet Disguise

Submitted on August 12, 2009 - 11:34 | 124 reads

An Italian Restaurant In Belfast

Submitted on April 5, 2005 - 13:07 | 680 reads

Another Twelve Days Of Christmas

Submitted on December 27, 2008 - 19:54 | 140 reads

At The Door (A Mirror Loop Structure)

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 01:31 | 97 reads

Backdrops Of Blue Gums ( A Rubai )

Submitted on August 25, 2009 - 08:25 | 85 reads

Belfast Is Released

Submitted on August 1, 2007 - 12:12 | 319 reads

Between The Battlefields (Christmas 1915)

Submitted on April 8, 2006 - 22:04 | 679 reads

Birthday Celebrations ( A Rondeau )

Submitted on August 25, 2009 - 08:39 | 65 reads

Blessed Be ( An Anaphora )

Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 22:21 | 68 reads

Butler Street Boys School

Submitted on April 8, 2006 - 21:58 | 568 reads

Butterflies On Fire

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 02:17 | 662 reads

Caring Along The Way

Submitted on April 14, 2007 - 06:26 | 344 reads

Coming Out Of The Cave(A Line-Down)

Submitted on August 17, 2009 - 22:54 | 93 reads

Convalescing Conversations

Submitted on November 22, 2006 - 08:18 | 436 reads

Courage In The Camp

Submitted on August 5, 2007 - 00:49 | 329 reads

Crucified Pain

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 02:30 | 687 reads

Dakar With A Difference

Submitted on July 8, 2008 - 10:45 | 195 reads

Dancing Dolphins ( Alliteration )

Submitted on August 19, 2009 - 12:22 | 177 reads

Dear God

Submitted on March 9, 2010 - 01:46 | 57 reads

Death (A Triad)

Submitted on August 18, 2009 - 01:47 | 99 reads

Don’t Feel Down This Christmas

Submitted on November 29, 2007 - 22:13 | 287 reads

Doubt No More (A Reverb Structure)

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 00:58 | 112 reads

Dragonflies Dance

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 02:22 | 668 reads

Face The Facts - Its abuse

Submitted on March 26, 2008 - 20:43 | 215 reads

Fifty United States

Submitted on July 6, 2008 - 21:09 | 202 reads

Float On ( A Sappic )

Submitted on August 18, 2009 - 01:42 | 105 reads

For This Is The Faith We Hold

Submitted on January 29, 2009 - 05:54 | 125 reads

Freedom (An Acrostic )

Submitted on August 28, 2009 - 09:24 | 93 reads

Friendship

Submitted on March 9, 2010 - 01:41 | 48 reads

God Forgives ( A Doubled Up Acrostic )

Submitted on August 22, 2009 - 03:39 | 106 reads

God is Only Love (Fourword Structure)

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 22:10 | 98 reads

Graffiti Backdrops ( A Tyburn )

Submitted on August 19, 2009 - 12:25 | 143 reads

Hope For Love

Submitted on March 10, 2010 - 04:32 | 35 reads

I Can't Have What I had ( An In-Tense )

Submitted on August 21, 2009 - 09:44 | 107 reads

Innocent Mercy Of God

Submitted on June 23, 2009 - 21:31 | 94 reads

Insight Into Poetry Form

Submitted on December 26, 2007 - 04:10 | 1906 reads

Its All So Crystal Clear ( A Tercet )

Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 22:28 | 69 reads

Its Christmas Inside ( A Quatrain )

Submitted on August 20, 2009 - 11:21 | 130 reads

Jolly Ho Ho Ho

Submitted on December 7, 2009 - 02:52 | 94 reads

Killing Children ' Unwilling Soldiers

Submitted on August 30, 2006 - 08:10 | 435 reads

Let Your Love Be ( A Terza Rima )

Submitted on August 19, 2009 - 12:28 | 80 reads

Letters In Love ( A Letterspeak )

Submitted on August 21, 2009 - 09:31 | 67 reads

Life At Holy Cross

Submitted on May 21, 2007 - 11:11 | 388 reads

Life Love and Other Possibilities

Submitted on March 19, 2005 - 06:26 | 673 reads

Londons Lonely People

Submitted on April 5, 2005 - 13:16 | 650 reads

Look At The Limerick Structure

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 01:19 | 120 reads

Lost Sons Of Erin

Submitted on February 24, 2008 - 09:47 | 232 reads

Love Of My Life ( A Kyrielle )

Submitted on August 23, 2009 - 11:45 | 96 reads

Love Will Find A Way (A Pre-Phrase)

Submitted on August 17, 2009 - 22:42 | 130 reads

Loves Golden Cage

Submitted on March 10, 2010 - 04:43 | 40 reads

More On Poetry Form

Submitted on December 26, 2007 - 10:15 | 594 reads

My Place ( A Sense Wise )

Submitted on August 22, 2009 - 03:32 | 104 reads

New Poetry Form

Submitted on July 1, 2008 - 08:33 | 291 reads

Nine Eleven Where Are You

Submitted on September 8, 2009 - 13:58 | 92 reads

Ode For Ben Bulben ( An Ode )

Submitted on August 20, 2009 - 11:15 | 100 reads

Ode To Man ( A Renga )

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 22:13 | 101 reads

On Cobblestones - East London

Submitted on March 19, 2005 - 06:29 | 692 reads

Open Spaces For Belfast

Submitted on April 8, 2006 - 21:53 | 556 reads

Poetry And The Love Factor

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 12:20 | 330 reads

Poetry Form - Mirror Loop

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 11:02 | 995 reads

Positively In Her Stride

Submitted on December 21, 2006 - 13:13 | 414 reads

Rhythmic Rain (An Onomatopoeia )

Submitted on August 27, 2009 - 13:42 | 129 reads

She Is Everything To Me

Submitted on March 9, 2010 - 01:37 | 47 reads

Shes Got Problems

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 12:30 | 211 reads

Slamming It (A Jabber )

Submitted on August 28, 2009 - 09:27 | 75 reads

Soldiers Strong

Submitted on June 27, 2005 - 13:55 | 737 reads

Some More On Poetry Form

Submitted on February 18, 2008 - 14:36 | 1030 reads

Spaced Out - (Alphabet In Sequence )

Submitted on August 18, 2009 - 01:38 | 85 reads

Speak Uneasy (A Vowel-In)

Submitted on August 17, 2009 - 22:49 | 93 reads

Teamwork

Submitted on September 26, 2006 - 12:11 | 462 reads

THE POET IN A MAD MAD WORLD

Submitted on February 19, 2008 - 10:31 | 243 reads

The Dust Of No Return

Submitted on June 27, 2005 - 14:03 | 608 reads

The Field ( A Joke Verse )

Submitted on August 27, 2009 - 13:39 | 61 reads

The Flight (A Villanelle )

Submitted on August 12, 2009 - 11:42 | 125 reads

The Good Thief ( A Monologue )

Submitted on August 20, 2009 - 11:07 | 143 reads

The Grasss Is Always Greener

Submitted on March 19, 2005 - 06:35 | 755 reads

The Guardian Angel Song ( A Pantoum )

Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 09:37 | 107 reads

The Leaving ( A Ballad )

Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 09:42 | 83 reads

The Manipulation In Cyberspace

Submitted on March 5, 2008 - 10:46 | 220 reads

The Masters Fool (A Diamante)

Submitted on August 16, 2009 - 22:16 | 116 reads

The Poet Among Drunks and Derelicts

Submitted on February 20, 2008 - 20:58 | 289 reads

The Poet Gets A Job

Submitted on February 20, 2008 - 08:12 | 210 reads

THE ROAD OUT OF PURDYSBURN

Submitted on May 25, 2005 - 07:19 | 709 reads

The Soul Cut ( A Stepladder )

Submitted on August 21, 2009 - 09:38 | 95 reads

The Sunken Kingdom (An Octave )

Submitted on August 26, 2009 - 22:25 | 91 reads

The Town Of Most Vile

Submitted on April 5, 2005 - 13:28 | 655 reads

The Wheel Of Life ( A Tanka )

Submitted on August 24, 2009 - 09:39 | 90 reads

Time Never Ends ( A Semetric )

Submitted on August 22, 2009 - 03:27 | 116 reads

Times Rhymes And Valentines

Submitted on February 12, 2007 - 13:19 | 462 reads

To Be A Cat

Submitted on September 1, 2009 - 00:56 | 185 reads

To Know Gods Mercy

Submitted on June 28, 2005 - 13:24 | 759 reads

Unlock The Real Poet Within You

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 10:58 | 224 reads

Victims Of War

Submitted on April 8, 2006 - 22:08 | 612 reads

Walking With Poetry

Submitted on March 29, 2008 - 10:49 | 1016 reads

Wall Mural In An Alleyway

Submitted on July 24, 2008 - 14:30 | 230 reads

Weeping Under A Holy Thursday Moon

Submitted on February 28, 2006 - 02:34 | 648 reads

What Is Love

Submitted on June 23, 2009 - 08:32 | 71 reads

World Cup Party Time

Submitted on June 1, 2006 - 06:42 | 516 reads