Meath Books Tommy Murray The Website of the Meath Writer's Circle: Henry John Yeend King

Henry John Yeend King

1855-1924

Your days roll out

Like a carpet patterned

With milk maids and snow white geese

And who’s the pretty maiden

With the coal scuttle bonnet

Flirting with the ferryman

And how’s the fishing boys

And aren’t the roses looking good

Charlotte or is it Emily.

Would that I could dwell

From dawn ‘till dusk, immerse myself

In hues and tints

Eavesdrop on those liaisons

Listen to laughter of the gander

In the morning

The chuckle of the moorhen

In the rushes, loiter aimlessly

By rustic bridges

Pondering dragonflies

And mayflies and subtle conspiracies, but

For the moment

Let’s just stroll along

The fern edged path gathering snapdragons

And marigolds as we go.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Memorable Meath Views 1988
(A collection of old photographs of Meath)
One thousand copies sold in the first six months

Something Beginning with Spring 1989
(A first collection of Poems) with an introduction by John B. Keane

Where Was Wellington Born 1990
(Resolving the question of Wellington's birthplace)

Stella's Cottage (Trymme Press) 1991
(The story of Esther Johnson and her cottage)

Once on Tara's Plain 1994
(Second Collection of poems)

The Boyne 1997 (Chap Book)

Trim , Looking Back (By far the most popular book to date)

Voices of Trim (Tempus/ Nonsuch )2005
More than 200 copies sold at the launch)

Meath Voices (Tempus/ Nonsuch) 2006
(Still selling at book shops throughout Meath and beyond)

Images of Meath ( Nonsuch/ The History Press ) 2008
(Brilliant reviews for this Popular book)

Counting Stained Glass Windows. (Lapwing Belfast) 2009

'With the Boyne Through Trim' (The History Press) 2010
A nostalgic stroll through 20th century Trim

"Famine Trilogy" 2011 (Varsity)
Based on the long poem of the same name

A decision whether to launch my forthcoming collection 'Swimming with dolphins'
or just let it go will have to be made soon. Of the thirteen books so far only seven of them
have been launched. 'Trim Looking Back' wasn't launched yet it ran to a third print and it is
still being requested, in fact nearly three hundred copies were ordered before the book appeared.
However, seeing that this is poetry and that it is being published by a reputable publisher
it might seem fair to have a launch.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Swimming with Dolphins

'Swimming with Dolphins' is the title of my new collection of 44 poems which has been accepted by the publisher Lapwing. I would have hoped to have it ready for my day with Poetry Ireland in Dublin on 16th February but I think that would be asking too much. At the moment I don't know what format the collection will take or even the price but I am accepting orders.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Sunday Morning stroll in the Porchfields Trim

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Active Writing in Ireland

Published here is a list of the societies and groups who have sent submissions to this years Ropes NUI Galway publication. It will give some idea of the number of writers in Ireland and indeed abroad trying to get published