Finally got my website up and running properly. Now to fill my blog with words of wsidom. If only it was that easy! Writers block is a much bandied word, though I think it is more like writers seizure in my case. They say you should try and write your way through it. Easier said than done! Never mind, here’s a poem that might ease the symptoms;

ELVIS AIN’T DEAD

 Another juggernaut rocks the Van

But Van just smiles

And sings Brown-eyed Handsome Man.

Then The Lady in Red joins in

And Chris De Burgh bangs loudly on a tin.

You Ain’t Nothin’ But a Houndog

Can be heard from up ahead

And a squeaky voice pipes up

Hey, Elvis ain’t dead!

He drivin’ that big old truck up front.

Goddamn! Says Bo Diddley

Aint’ he some cupid stunt!

 

BRENDAN BEHAN STANDS UP

By Tom O’Brien

A monologue

A bar.  Brendan is entertaining the customers. A glass of milk sits on the table.

BRENDAN:  (sings)  Oh a hungry feelin’ came oe’r me stealin’

                                    And the mice were squealin’ in my prison cell

                                    And the auld triangle went jingle jangle

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Now available to buy as a paperback on Amazon

Now available to buy as a paperback on Amazon

My home on my visit to Venice LA in 2013!

My play Behan’s Woman was recently shown at The Space in Isle of Dogs.

The play is set in the Chelsea Hotel bar in New York in late 1963.  Beatrice Behan has come over from her home in Dublin to have it out with Brendan.  What happen’s next makes for great theatre!

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