Available for freelance writing commissions on a variety of subjects including family history, nostalgic Belfast and its famous people, shops, shoppers & shopping (40 years in retailing), the golden age of Hollywood (including westerns) and humorous pieces on life's weird and wonderful. Op-eds, columns, non-fiction book reviews too.
joecushnan@aol.com & @JoeCushnan
I have a portfolio of features, reviews, poetry and short fiction published in all sorts of places - Belfast Telegraph, Tribune, Ireland's Own, Dalhousie Review, Fairlight Books, Reader's Digest, Reality, Lapwing Poetry, Ink, Sweat & Tears, Spillwords, Dear Reader, Amethyst Review, Black Bough, to name a selection. Oh, and the odd BBC radio contribution. I wrote a book on retailing, on dealing with job losses and a biography of film star Stephen Boyd.
This is a series of (hopefully) funny poems from hundreds I've written over the years (inspired by the likes of Spike Milligan and Roger McGough) to provoke a smile in these odd times.
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
I was there when
the Minoans emerged in Crete,
the Mycenaeans arrived in Greece,
civilisation collapsed,
the Dorians invaded,
the colonies were founded,
Athens entered its golden age,
and the Hellenistic era
emerged,
only to fall when the Romans came.
My table weighs heavy with myths
as I ponder another Bushmills tumbler.
I look at Plato, Saucero, Knifeo, Forko, Spoono,
and bang my head in boredom slumber.
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