A literary legend one worthy of note <br />The poems they live on of a very fine poet <br />Duhallow's best Wordsmith five decades ago <br />The poems from his pen like a river did flow. <br /> <br />John Twomey in his time a poetic great <br />The local successes he did celebrate <br />Many of those he celebrated with the departed lay <br />But the poems of the poet they are living today. <br /> <br />In green old Duhallow the bard did not stay <br />The lust of the wander it lured him away <br />To make a new start in a much bigger town <br />Far from the old places where he knew renown. <br /> <br />His poems and his songs have stood the test of time <br />Duhallow's Poet Laureate in his glorious prime <br />In North and Mid Cork celebrated and known <br />John Twomey he was in a class of his own.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/john-twomey-he-was-in-a-class-of-his-own/
