A middle-aged Orpheus looks back at his life -- To my D-28 -- In memory of my mother -- I sing of Michael Hartnett -- So what if there's no happy ending? -- Death of a playwright -- Dad -- My best friend -- Woman of the house -- Big con -- Lassie -- Ruckard Drury -- His last pint -- Day Christ came to Moyvane -- Before the word 'fuck' came to common use -- Help me make it through the night -- On hearing Johnny Cash's American recordings -- Homage to Thomas MacGreevy -- 'I thirst" -- Díseart -- Knockanure Church -- When I pray -- When I die -- In the woods -- Road to Damascus -- Hurt bird -- A boy I know -- I'm proud to be me -- Dan Breen -- Mother -- Galvin and Vicars -- Munster Football final 1924 -- Ireland takes her place among the nations of the Earth -- A parent's love -- Grá Tuismitheora -- To my son as he leaves home -- To my daughter, pregnant -- Nanas -- Sonnet to Brenda -- Just to be beside you is enough -- Old lovers -- Reading William Wordsworth -- Drinking in the square