Rise Up
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A Book of Poetry, Art and Photography by Celtic Street Rapper Jonny O’Gorman
About the Book
A collection of poetry, songs, illustrations and digitally remastered photography spanning 15 years from October 2004 - March 2019. Follow this artistic crusade which began during the middle of the last great credit-driven bubble as the poet unmasks the cloak and daggers world of global financial deception and faces his own struggles for survival and personal redemption. Truth and humour intermingle with an observant eye and one final strike for freedom.
“...Beggars, tramps, a homeless crisis
Bankers, lawyers, they got vices
Lunch hour rush, time for giving
Striptease girl got to make a living...”
500 copies of the original 40-page manuscript were printed and sold direct to the public at the Willie Clancy Festival and beyond between the years 2012 - 2016. Although most of the material is now more than ten years old it remains universally relevant. This extended 95-page edition contains more poetry, art and illustrations from the post-austerity epoch to the present day.
About the Author
Slam-poet Jonny O'Gorman, a native of County Limerick and County Clare, grew up in the West of Ireland and later moved to Dublin to study and go on to work around Europe. Inspired by the life of Che Guevare and the poets of the Cuban and
Irish Revolutions he sees poetry as a necessary weapon with which to question, comment on, and struggle against the shackles of capitalist totalitarianism and monetary asphyxiation. His poetry is considered well-written and entertaining and he has performed regularly at Open Mic venues throughout Ireland, the UK and anywhere he can find with a microphone and audience...
Following the predicted crash and subsequent years of austerity he relocated himself and his young family back to his native County Clare where he now lives, works and grows food with a community.
Special Thanks to my children, Sol and India, who give me a reason to live and express my dreams for a better future and extra special thanks to Nichola for being such an inspiration to complete this work and move on...
Jonny O'Gorman
Slam-poet, Jonny O'Gorman, is a native of County Limerick and County Clare. Inspired by the life of Che Guevare and the poets of the Cuban and Irish Revolutions he sees poetry as a necessary weapon with which to question, comment on, and struggle against the shackles of capitalist totalitarianism and monetary asphyxiation. His poetry is considered well-written and entertaining and he performs regularly at Open Mic venues throughout Ireland, the UK and anywhere he can find with a microphone and audience...
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is a must-read for all disaffected youth. It will go down in history as one of the greatest poetry books of our time.
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Rise Up - Jonny O'Gorman
Table of Contents
Preface
About The Book
Part 1 : Head Space
Culo Perfecto, Kiss Me Softly, Ode to my unborn Child, Psychosomatic Hillypollya, Hola Figuretas, Big Head Small Body, Goodbye Figuretas, Chocolate Mushies and House Music, Evvissa, A Bora Bora, L'Energia, Isa, Talamanca
Images and Illustrations
Part 2 :Attack
Is Mise Seo, The Irish Bar, Vodafone, Rise Up Ya Poorman, Do I really have to listen to all of the shit going on in this life?, A Man Made of Stone, Traveller, I Will Stop the War in Iraq… Just Believe in Me…, Scream, Survival, Dirty Auld Dubs, Pearse Street Station, Dry you eyes, Bertie (aka The Turd Sandwich), The Prophet Propaganda, The People Vs. Shell, DublTrubl, Suicide
Images and Illustrations
Part 3: Reflections on my Soul
Jonah, Hypocrisy, Amsterdam, If Cars Could Talk, Freedom, Trust, Love (Desire), Love (Lost), Empathy, Respect, Eternity, Cherry Christmas
Images and Illustrations
Epilogue
The Future, Party Like a Rockstar, Don't Be Sold - 2012, Oh Beautiful Flow - 2017, Broken Down House - 2017, Rich Land - 2017, Memoir of a Single Dad - 2016, The Whole World is Stupid* - 2019
About The Author
Licence
Preface
"Still I stand
Through the envious attempts
To perpetrate acts of betrayal on my soul
I shall not encourage those
Who speak my name with untruthful tongue
But those who enlighten with knowledge and wisdom"
Suzanne McTigue
"Life is Like
A Box of Chocolates
You Never Know What
You are Going to Get"
Raj
About the Book
October 2004: The world is in the middle of an unprecedented credit-driven boom. The poet, disillusioned by the intoxicating pursuit of material wealth decides to go another way. Follow this poetic crusade against conventional wisdom as the author confronts the cloak and daggers, smoke and mirrors deception to deliver a message of truth, humour and personal redemption to anyone willing to listen or read...
"...Beggars,tramps, a homeless crisis
Bankers, lawyers, they got vices
Lunch hour rush, time for giving
Striptease girl gotta make a living..."
500 copies of the original 40-page manuscript were printed and sold direct to the public at the Willie Clancy Festival and beyond between the years 2012 - 2016. Although most of the material is now more than ten years old it remains universally relevant. This extended 95-page edition contains more poetry, art and illustrations from the post-austerity epoch to the present day.
Part 1: Head Space
I want to take you on a journey
November 2004: Sitting on a couch in a busy youth hostel in Dublin’s Aungier Street...
Culo Perfecto
I took myself away