Vol 3: Driftwood & Seawrack
A further collection of unpublished poems by the writer, artist, musician, poet and beloved headteacher, W T Quirk (1908 – 1977). Collection written in 1926-1927.
W T Quirk’s dedication: “Dedicated to – my aunt, who first taught me the delight of music.”
Alphabetical list of titles of all poems in the category: Driftwood & Seawrack
- A Time for Everything
- A Wedding
- Cobbler Cain
- Desultory Verses
- Eleven Days
- From the Gallery
- Gno Yh Noo: Prologue
- How I Carried A.G. from Douglas to Castletown
- In Retrospect
- In the Beginning
- Inscription for Paddy’s Tomb
- Iowemma: Canto I
- Iowemma: Canto II
- Iowemma: Canto III
- Iowemma: Canto IV
- Katrina and Ramion
- Lines for Albums
- Nine Limericks
- Nocturnal Incident
- On a Gamp that Belonged to the Pompous Dook
- Outings
- Paradise Recalled
- Puncsetawny
- Songs of Nature
- Sundays
- The Blacksmith
- The Game’s Slave
- The Gay Caballero
- The Lesser Lamp
- The Lure of the Wireless
- The Master and the Students
- The Parable of the Trees
- The Poet’s Calendar
- The Removal
- The Rocks at Peel
- The Scene Lad
- The Tavern Tales: Prologue
- The Tavern Tales: The Squire’s Tale
- The Villain Biff Smith
- We Fear Thy Words
- Yn Tarroo Ushtey: Prologue
- Yn Tarroo Ushtey: The Water Bull