Painting by Dave Ellis

Belated Happy Birthday Peter!! The poem for your birthday written by your son in law is lovely and a great tribute to your family! T

Have read your poems on Aoife. Can see the importance now for Margot and yourself of your 'little Meditteranean garden'. Memories last forever, the hurt not quite so long.

Thank you Peter for sharing your intimate feelings and thoughts on "paper". Your poems about Aoife are particularly vivid, your pain is palpable. I found them frightening and moving.

Happy memories of Aoife running through the woods and jumping off the 'Chesser' flood my mind Peter

thank you for sharing

Beautiful thoughts, words, poems. Thank you Peter. Opening our hearts.

What powerful, beautiful words. It's so painful to read as I feel your loss but also miss her. She was a force of nature!

Peter, you found words where no words could be found
a way to relate when all relationship seemed gone
thinking of you and Margot today

'A Man and his Forest' captures a lifetime's passion, man joining with nature. I see you started your blog on July 4th, one of my favourite days. Thank you for sharing your pieces for Aoife today.

Remember you and Margot describing your feelings on first seeing Aoife's painting. Heartbreaking and beautiful reading these poems Peter. Keep going x

"I missed her since before she died" - this is haunting.

Visceral and beautiful. We get a very touching insight to your love and loss. Thank you Peter

Was intrigued at your reminder of a much-admired Man and his Forest (July 18) making human space. Admire your strength today as you recall the hopeless desolation of the beach

Compliments on the ability to express the love/loss so eloquently? I am particularly conscious of Aoife’s loss at this time of year. The poignancy of Omaha/Portmarnock particularly striking.

Stunningly beautiful, Peter. I'm in tears here. My daughter turned 26 yesterday so your poem to Aoife really resonates. XX

Thank you for sharing the Aoife poems Peter. The floodgates of grief reopen when reading them. I miss her. Love Clíodhna

Love it so far Peter. The imagery of the change in seasons, change in light. The little boy with the fever is evocative. Keep writing and sharing!

Well done Peter! Love it. Keep writing...we have really enjoyed all your words to date!! X

Thanks Peter - what a refreshing page to open - love your work xxx

Thanks Peter & well done. Like the boy traipsing turf 'sod at a time' continue on your journey 'blog at a time'!

great affirmative front page, image and music. Love the poems. Whatever inner cringing you may be doing your words are strong life recovery over illness. little boy carrying turf sods down garden

Change is encouraging
Ranelagh road raises questions for me - mainly - which 3 year old in the western world would work themselves to illness these days?
Well done, blogger!

Thanks Debra

Well done you !
Out of the bushes and into the limelight.... looks like ''the end of the beginning'', Congrats
John

Ohhh! Well done!

Much love

Mag