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		<title>Every Now And Again</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/every-now-and-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and again
I look at you,
Captured there in a moment,
Smiling,
Mid sentence,
Mine,
The way I remember you.
And I think of those days
Those days
Those days when we were young,
Those days when all we needed,
And all we had,
Was each other and a dream
Every now and again
I think of late night talks,
And starry island nights
And promises made,
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		<title>Graveyards</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/graveyards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one runs in a graveyard.
No one shouts.
It is peaceful,
Calming,
Walking amongst those who came before.
Tip toe and listen to the silence,
Whisper the names of those you meet.
For most of those you chance upon,
You are their only visitor,
Save the daily procession of  new arrivals.
Who were all these people?
What lives did they live,
The same as I do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=504&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Night Flight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw you last night.
When our eyes met,
You smiled.
It was a gentle smile,
The kind you wore so long ago.
There was no surprise in your smile,
As if our meeting was not by chance.
You sat beside me,
We talked of trivial things,
Our arms touching briefly,
Then lingering.
But nothing more;
But still …
© 2009, Tim (P) Prendeville
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		<title>Second Chances</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/devils-and-demons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://irishocity.wordpress.com/?p=487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How quickly lives can change,
And how those decisions and judgements of the past can come calling.
Some made in haste
Some not
Some made with feeling
Some that were not
Some we stuck with
Some we could not
Some that brought joy
But some that did not.
And for those we must atone
So fragile is our human ego.
We speak brave words to others
Yet to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=487&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Moment</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/the-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 05:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The moment has always been now
© 2009, Tim (P) Prendeville
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		<title>Kids and Parents</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/kids-and-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a parent I am always at odds as to the &#8220;correct&#8221; approach with my daughters &#8230; The tooth fairy, leprechauns, Santa Clause, mermaids, unicorns&#8230; all these fanciful flights of childhood have some degree of guilt built into them; at least for me.  When my 6 year old asks me if I believe in mermaids, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=464&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Without Wings (Revised)</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/without-wings-revised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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When I was young
It was the little things,
Those things in later life ignored,
That gave me moments of unrest.
The big picture too abstract
Too far removed,
Something to be pondered in later days;
Those days have come and gone.
I would like to think it not my fault
My life now lived in a role of minion
The dream once dreamed no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=440&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Hand To Hold</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/a-hand-to-hold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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A short time ago my six year old daughter’s teacher told her that she’d soon be old enough to walk to class by herself, and not “drag her poor dad along all the way from the car.”  I was within ear shot of this at the time, and casually smiled it off as a non [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=382&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pancake Tuesday &#8230; Irish Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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There&#8217;s one day in the year when my two daughters are allowed to let loose on the candy and ensuing sugar rush (although apparently it&#8217;s not the sugar that causes the rush) &#8230; Super bowl Sunday! &#8230; we plan it for weeks, purchasing a variety of candy, chips, soda, and for me, a boat load [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=irishocity.wordpress.com&blog=2075578&post=376&subd=irishocity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Life Unlived</title>
		<link>http://irishocity.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/a-life-unlived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim prendeville</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh the times we could have had
They seem so real to me
So clear in my mind
As if already lived.
All the laughs we shared,
And tears too
Memories now lost and unlived,
But clear to me that
Some day
They would have defined my life.
© 2009, Tim (P) Prendeville
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