Irish Rock Poet

I'm giving this recognition to Bono, although the Edge's guitar is pretty much a rock poet in its own right. U2's music video won the Grammy that year, with homage to the Beatles' rooftop concert.

Also, to mention Bono is quite the humanitarian.

Lessons from Bono—and 30 years of charitable giving

https://www.ubs.com/magazines/wma/insights/en/philanthropy/2017/lessons-from-bono.html

Bono's Top 10 Humanitarian Moments

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-793/Bonos-Top-10-Humanitarian-Moments.html

U2 Where the Streets Have No Name 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsrPEUt2Dg

I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name

I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no nameWhere the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

The city's aflood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do

Aww Garsh--Love Songs For Valentine's Day #8

 U2 - The Sweetest Thing 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2zq-ev7tc 

  My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
I'm losing you yeah
Ain't love the sweetest thing
I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

Christmas Music For Feeling Sorry For Yourself

Oh boo hoo.

NPR understands what I'm trying to say.

Have Yourself A Sullen Little Christmas

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/20/255550407/sad-christmas-songs-capture-slice-of-holiday-spirit

RIVER ~ JONI MITCHELL ~ (Lyrics)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

Elvis Presley & Martina McBride - Blue Christmas 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY 

Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudgy30Dd68

Dean Martin - The Christmas Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8-WY__WkM 

It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home World Premiere 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8ahtAS8YQ 

These last two songs are pretty much rated R--but the Pogues' song is actually a masterpiece.

Fairytale of New York by the pogues lyrics 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w 

Blink-182 - Won't Be Home For Christmas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI

Aww Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day #8

 U2 - The Sweetest Thing 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2zq-ev7tc 

  My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
I'm losing you yeah
Ain't love the sweetest thing
I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

Irish STEM and Other Surprises for St. Patrick's Day

Irish STEM and Other Surprises for St. Patrick's Day

Robert Boyle

 'When most people think of Ireland’s cultural heritage they think of things like ‘The Island of Saints and Scholars’, The Book of Kells, our great writers, Irish music, and so on. Ireland has little by way of a scientific heritage – right? Wrong.' So begins a great article by William Reville, University College, Cork.

 IRELAND’S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/irishscientists.htm 

Robert Boyle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle 

Lots happening in Ireland to inspire the use of good Irish minds in STEM, not just poetry, ballades and folklore.

Science & Technology

http://www.rds.ie/science 

 Dublin Science Festival - 'The Festival of Curiosity'

http://www.rds.ie/cat_project_detail.jsp?itemID=1100297 

 What attracts big tech companies to Ireland? Hint: It’s not just low taxes

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-tech-companies-to-ireland-hint-its-not-just-low-taxes/ 

I am not at all surprised by discovering brilliant Irish women and men both in STEM areas--I had years of Catholic school and they were the best math teachers I ever had, Sister Gertrude, Sisters of Mercy, in particular.

William Rowan Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton 

 

 

Lucy Everest Boole (1862-1905)

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-technology/irish-scientists/lucy-everest-boole-%281862-/ 

 

Irish politics is no surprise. I don't condone violence, Jesus said He 'came to save mens' lives not destroy them.' Luke 9:46.

That being said, here is a St. Patrick's Day surprise I had this week while researching.

I remember the news report of Bobby Sands back in the 80s. But I hadn't watched the biographical movie 'Hunger' 2008 directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave, Oscar winner) which I did.  It is not for the feint hearted. Actor Michael Fassbender lost 40 pounds to portray the hunger strike in Maze Prison. It is critically acclaimed. Earns the R rating.

Hunger (2008 film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_%282008_film%29 

What I didn't know was that Bobby Sands was also a poet and author, and elected to Parliament while on the hunger strike. Nelson Mandela references him as an inspiration.

Bobby Sands

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands

Bobby Sands--Writings from Prison

 http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/bobby-sands-writings-from-prison/

Poems of Bobbly Sands

 http://www.poemhunter.com/bobby-sands/

 Prison Diary

http://www.bobbysandstrust.com/writings/prison-diary 

Another St. Paddy's Day suprise for some of you--Rock N Roll's darlings, U2 and their mighty hit about 'The Troubles.' 

 

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glfzAoHYiI

 

- See more at: http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/03/irish-stem-and-other-surprises-for-st.html#sthash.k

Robert Boyle

 'When most people think of Ireland’s cultural heritage

 they think of things like ‘The Island of Saints and Scholars’, 

The Book of Kells, our great writers,

Irish music, and so on. Ireland has little by way of a scientific 

heritage – right? Wrong.' So begins a great article by William 

Reville, University College, Cork. 

 IRELAND’S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/irishscientists.htm 

Robert Boyle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle 

Lots happening in Ireland to inspire the use of good Irish minds in 

STEM, not just poetry, 

ballades and folklore.

 

Science & Technology

http://www.rds.ie/science 

Irish teens win Google science fair with bacteria-enhanced 

plant growth

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=144164404330

3616609#postsstats

Irish 16-year-olds Ciara Judge, Sophie Healy-Thow 

and Emer Hickey

Dublin Science Festival - 'The Festival of Curiosity'

http://www.rds.ie/cat_project_detail.jsp?itemID=1100297 

 What attracts big tech companies to Ireland? Hint: 

It’s not just low taxes

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-tech-companies-

to-ireland-hint-its-

not-just-low-taxes/ 

I am not at all surprised by discovering brilliant Irish women and men both in 

STEM areas. 

I had years of Catholic school and they were the best math teachers I ever had, Sister Gertrude, 

Sisters of Mercy, in particular.

William Rowan Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton 

 

 

Lucy Everest Boole (1862-1905)

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-

technology/irish-scientists/lucy-everest-boole-%281862-/ 

 

Irish politics is no surprise. I don't condone violence, Jesus said He 

'came to save mens' lives not 

destroy them.' Luke 9:46.

That being said, here is a St. Patrick's Day surprise I had this week 

while researching.

I remember the news report of Bobby Sands back in the 80s. But I hadn't watched the biographical

 movie 'Hunger' 2008 directed by Steve McQueen 

(12 Years A Slave, Oscar winner) which I did.  It is not for the feint hearted. Actor Michael 

Fassbender lost 40 pounds to portray the hunger strike in 

Maze Prison. It is critically acclaimed. Earns the R rating.

Hunger (2008 film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_%282008_film%29 

What I didn't know was that Bobby Sands was also a poet and author, and elected to Parliament 

while on the hunger strike. Nelson Mandela references

 him as an inspiration.

Bobby Sands

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands

Bobby Sands--Writings from Prison

 http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/bobby-sands-writings-from-prison/

Poems of Bobbly Sands

 http://www.poemhunter.com/bobby-sands/

 Prison Diary

http://www.bobbysandstrust.com/writings/prison-diary 

Peace Activists Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan in 1976

In 1976, two Irish mums won the Nobel Peace Prize 

for organizing a peace movement in the middle of 

 'TheTroubles' in Northern Ireland.

 Nobel Laureate Betty Williams reflects on a 

lifetime of work for 

peace and children’s rights

http://www.womanchangemaker.net/article/nobel-laureate

-betty-williams-reminisces-on-a-

lifetime-of-work-for-peace-and-childrens-rights/

Another St. Paddy's Day surprise for some of you--Rock N Roll's darlings, U2 and their mighty

 hit about 'The Troubles.' 

 

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv5U0A10hrI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glfzAoHYiI

 

Irish STEM and Other Surprises for St. Patrick's Day

Robert Boyle

 'When most people think of Ireland’s cultural heritage they think of things like ‘The Island of Saints and Scholars’, The Book of Kells, our great writers, Irish music, and so on. Ireland has little by way of a scientific heritage – right? Wrong.' So begins a great article by William Reville, University College, Cork.

 IRELAND’S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE

http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/irishscientists.htm 

Robert Boyle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle 

Lots happening in Ireland to inspire the use of good Irish minds in STEM, not just poetry, ballades and folklore.

Science & Technology

http://www.rds.ie/science 

 Dublin Science Festival - 'The Festival of Curiosity'

http://www.rds.ie/cat_project_detail.jsp?itemID=1100297 

 What attracts big tech companies to Ireland? Hint: It’s not just low taxes

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/26/what-attracts-big-tech-companies-to-ireland-hint-its-not-just-low-taxes/ 

I am not at all surprised by discovering brilliant Irish women and men both in STEM areas--I had years of Catholic school and they were the best math teachers I ever had, Sister Gertrude, Sisters of Mercy, in particular.

William Rowan Hamilton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton 

 

 

Lucy Everest Boole (1862-1905)

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/life-society/science-technology/irish-scientists/lucy-everest-boole-%281862-/ 

 

Irish politics is no surprise. I don't condone violence, Jesus said He 'came to save mens' lives not destroy them.' Luke 9:46.

That being said, here is a St. Patrick's Day surprise I had this week while researching.

I remember the news report of Bobby Sands back in the 80s. But I hadn't watched the biographical movie 'Hunger' 2008 directed by Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave, Oscar winner) which I did.  It is not for the feint hearted. Actor Michael Fassbender lost 40 pounds to portray the hunger strike in Maze Prison. It is critically acclaimed. Earns the R rating.

Hunger (2008 film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_%282008_film%29 

What I didn't know was that Bobby Sands was also a poet and author, and elected to Parliament while on the hunger strike. Nelson Mandela references him as an inspiration.

Bobby Sands

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Sands

Bobby Sands--Writings from Prison

 http://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/bobby-sands-writings-from-prison/

Poems of Bobbly Sands

 http://www.poemhunter.com/bobby-sands/

 Prison Diary

http://www.bobbysandstrust.com/writings/prison-diary 

Another St. Paddy's Day suprise for some of you--Rock N Roll's darlings, U2 and their mighty hit about 'The Troubles.' 

 

U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glfzAoHYiI

 

- See more at: http://melanielinktaylor.mzteachuh.org/2014/03/irish-stem-and-other-surprises-for-st.html#sthash.ksfXUGB1.dpuf

Aw Garsh: Love Songs for Valentine's Day # 8

Love Sign Language Andy Warhol

 

U2 - The Sweetest Thing 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib2zq-ev7tc 

  My love throws me like a rubber ball
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
She won't catch me or break my fall
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
You know she likes a dry kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
I'm losing you yeah
Ain't love the sweetest thing
I wanted to run but she made me crawl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Eternal fire, she turned me to straw
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You know I got black eyes
But they burn so brightly for her
This is a blind kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
I'm losing you
Oh oh oh, I'm losing you
Ain't love the sweetest thing
Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
You can sew it up but you still see the tear
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Baby's got blue skies up ahead
But in this I'm a rain cloud
Ours is a stormy kind of love
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing
Oh oh oh, the sweetest thing

Christmas Music For Feeling Sorry For Yourself

Oh boo hoo.

NPR understands what I'm trying to say.

Have Yourself A Sullen Little Christmas

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/20/255550407/sad-christmas-songs-capture-slice-of-holiday-spirit

RIVER ~ JONI MITCHELL ~ (Lyrics)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY

Elvis Presley & Martina McBride - Blue Christmas 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KK6sMo8NBY 

Judy Garland - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yudgy30Dd68

Dean Martin - The Christmas Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX8-WY__WkM 

It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home World Premiere 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8ahtAS8YQ 

These last two songs are pretty much rated R--but the Pogues' song is actually a masterpiece.

Fairytale of New York by the pogues lyrics 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv0hlbWpa1w 

Blink-182 - Won't Be Home For Christmas 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy9_JjLnmZI