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The 125 poems contained in this collection were written on sunbeds on five different sun holidays and are about the experience of going on a sun holiday. They are intended to be read while on a sun holiday. Of course you can read it over the Christmas holidays if you prefer, or on the bus into work. Your call. Some of the poems are funny, some are reflective, some stray into the area of black humour. Most of them are crap. That's life.

94 political poems of the period 2005 to 2013 written by a bemused non-political bystander. Mostly concerning Irish national politics, there are some local and international issues dealt with, usually through humour or biting sarcasm. This is not a diary of Ireland PLC from the days of the Celtic tiger through the crash to the new Land of Recession, rather these are issues that caught the poet's eye, fired his imagination or got beneath his sk...

Peter Goulding has, for some reason known only to himself, decided to collate and collect many of his early attempts at comic verse. These 200 prime examples of his early work (you should see some of the dross that didn't make it into the book!)represent his 'immature' years (i.e. up to the age of 45)and have very little merit at all. Unsurprisingly, very very few of these have previously seen the light of day. Sadly for those who have not rea...

A poetical diary of the 2014 World Cup written in extremely bad verse. The author set himself the target of writing a poem per match and posting each of them up on www.footballpoets.org within 12 hours of the match finishing. Why he did this is a mystery. He hasn't even been arsed to go back over the poems and edit them. This is a sister book to The World Cup 2014 in bad verse and glorious technicolour which at least has the dubious advantage ...

A diary of the World Cup 2006 in Germany in verse form. Peter Goulding gives a day by day account of matches and rest days as they happened, all done in his inimitable style.

The 2005 League of Ireland season was another epic. Champions Shelbourne had a mid-season slump despite having strengthened the squad, arch-rivals Shamrock Rovers were deducted 8 points for being millions in debt, Cork lost Dolan but gained Rico and snatched the title from Derry on the last day of the season, the Superdrogs won the Cup, and Rico lost his hat. All these events and more were recorded by Peter Goulding in verse form at the time. ...

A diary of the World Cup 2010 in South Africa in verse form. Peter Goulding gives a day by day account of matches and rest days as they happened, all done in his inimitable style.

A poetic odyssey in bad verse of the unprecedented 2004 European run of Shelbourne FC, Ireland's premier football club. This book is a fan's diary of the eight games that mark the zenith of the club's achievements.

239 poems about what the Americans call soccer, most of them darkly funny, some of them wistful and nostalgic, a few angry.This is the cumulation of Peter Goulding's 15 years writing football poetry.

In response to a competition to make Robbie Burns' poem Tam o'Shanter more 21st Century relevant, Peter Goulding wrote two very long poems, neither of which were deemed any good by the organisers. Includes the original poem also.

Peter Goulding's humorous series of articles written for the Shelbourne FC's matchday programme between the years 2008 and 2010. Includes - A Tolka Romance, A Tolka Murder Mystery and Shels Heroes of Yesteryear. None of them are in any way reliable.

The 2006 League of Ireland season will be remembered by Shelbourne fans for different reasons. It was the season that we played some of the best football seen at the club. It was the season we clinched the title on the last day of the season. It was the season the club was nearly destroyed by financial problems. It was the season of Stuey Byrne's rant. The poems in this book tell an unfolding tale that charts the highs and lows of a remarkable...

For eight years, Peter Goulding wrote a regular Musings column in the Community Voice, Dublin 15's newspaper of record. Quirky and humorous, they are a snapshot of life in a large suburb of Dublin during the volatile noughties, covering areas as diverse as local politics, refuse collection and Lionel Richie.

A history of the Republic of Ireland football team in humorous verse, from the early days, through the doldrum days, through the glory days and back to the dark days of Satan (erm, sorry, Stan)culminating in the infamous Hand of Henry incident in France. This is not a definitive history - merely one fan's oblique view.

A poetical diary of the Euro 2012 Championships in Poland and the Ukraine. Each poem written immediately after each match. I have resisted the temptation to rewrite both on the grounds of authenticity and also because I couldn't be arsed.

Poems that fall under the vague mantle of sci-fi, futuristic and astronomical. What are the psychological ramifications of Pluto being downgraded to minor planet status? Why are dandelions signalling outer space? What happened to the passengers of an aeroplane when the earth suddenly vanished? Where did Widgery's legs end up? It is doubtful whether you will find the answers to these questions in the pages of this book. Peter Goulding doesn't ...

Simply put, When the Light Goes Out documents Irish lighthouse fatalities from 1786 to 1972. But it is much more than this. In recording these tragic events in chronological order, the book builds into a history of lightkeeping in Ireland from the early years until almost the present day, recording the mostly forgotten stories of people in the service of Irish Lights, and the Ballast Board before it. As such it is a roll-call of honour of thos...

Join Peter as he ascends Orangutan Overhang, Supermassive Black Hole and Mental Lentils in the disused Dinorwig slate quarries of Snowdonia. Part creative nonfiction, part memoir and sports documentary, Slatehead is set in Thatcher''s Britain and the present day.

Peter Goulding's fourth, or maybe fifth, (who's counting?) book of comic verse again delves the murky depths of the poet's imagination. There are still plenty of poems about murdering his wife and disposing of her body but there are darker poems too - the proliferation of tomatoes on Jupiter, the birth of Princess Charlotte and his critiques of the counties of Tipperary and Offaly, to name but four. His mind, which, to be frank, would be put t...

A look at the season of Christmas and winter through the medium of light verse, 'The Arse End of the Year' chronicles the build up to the festive season, the solstice, the day itself and the post-Christmas slothfulness, together with aspects of the cold and dreary winter season so beloved by, well, not many people actually. From the reindeer shaped blips on the air traffic controllers' screen, to the disappearing cheese portions, from forgetti...