Tick tock tick tock and other poems

In her 92nd year Bridie has published a selection of her poems. Theyre filled with typical Gaelic humour and express her faith loves and losses.Bridie OConnor was born in 1925 in Ballinasloe Ireland. She moved to England in 1960 where she raised her four sons. She returned home in 2002. She now lives in Clonberne close to friends and family and some of her 15 grandchildren. This is her rst book of poetry. There are 38 poems in this volume including: The HomesteadI walked that rugged boreen that once I knew so well In search of kith and kin a story I ached to tell The scent of bog land heather the familiar fragrance hit my nose My heart so full of sorrow can I trace them no one knows.No sign of that old thatched cottage my Camelot so sereneThat boyish curiosity haunted me but nobody could be seenIn the distant backdrop I saw the verdant greenwood Some cattle grazed the upland while others chewed the cud.I bowed my head to my family who lived a simple life In their little whitewashed haven a farmer and his wife They opened up the half-door to people one and all My joyful youth was magical. Now Im glad I made that call.