Taking More Time

This book is my fourth collection of poems, rhymes and reflections and is a continuation and completion of my efforts in my first three books – “Poems Written in a Pandemic”, “Reflections on the Past and Now” and “From One Year To Another”. As with the previous books, this collection reflects my changing thoughts and feelings during these pandemic times. The change in mood and outlook from book to book and within each book is, perhaps, a reflection of the bumpy journey we all have been on as we now look to a brighter future.

Damian Smyth

I started writing poetry when I was a teenager in the 1970s but have only recently returned to this form of writing. In the rather long interval of almost 50 years between then and now I have written or co-written many songs. Most of these have been in Gaeilge, Ireland's native language and I have had success at national and international level in this genre.
Writing for me is a past-time which I have once again more time to devote to since my retirement in 2020 from my full-time job as a public sector pensions management consultant. I have to do something!

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