Pallid of Organ A lifetime passes on Before my very eyes...Unconvincing hours turn to monthsEach season sprinkled with a spicing ...
Night’s Here.
Night's here ...the curtain’s drawn .. the stars mean nothing anymore to London Town.The city lights shine on the ...
Good Night my Raheen Moon.
A solitary peace at night. The darting bat on the wingFull moon upon the rise above ...
New Babylon
The troops in the field when finally visitedRealised at last that they were just conned lizardsNothing helped now....dying and ...
My Outside Waterloo.
I had to walk from my ill hung back door thru an uneven yardThe vine upon the crumbling ...
My mother’s scarvesShe wore them wellCandy colours ..autumn leaves...Her scarves ..withered away
Dresses ...cream ..golden ...or blueShoes polished to a shineHer ...
My Mother’s Funeral
When my mother died One part of her was celebrated...The other part ...denied..
We gathered in a Church That ...
My Clanking Keys
Stop your keys clanking as we walk she said.Stop that noise...it’s getting on my nerves.Inside my pocketI wrapped ...
Mary and Sally.
Mary stepped from the bath ... reached for the toweland then caught the image of herself in the ...
Malachy O’Higgins
Malachy O’Higgins had stamped his name upon the 1st page of a bookI bought the bookAnd traced him down ...
Long Ago London...
The next dayI walkedWrapped in fake fur Boots to my kneesHair bottle blonde and wild
Demoralised ...
No comfort nowNo ...
Lingering...
Lingering .. a starfish on the sandA sign that life is lostExistence grounded in decay....Hopes live on tidal shores .. ...
A Letter from D. Dear xI’m sitting alone...at home . If you could call this home.. It has rooms... Lots ...
Let it Be Let it Be
Knowing when it is time not to turn...but to burn the pageI will hear that ...
Ingrid
You were kind ...deep and silent Beneath the tight curls of your hair Which you did not like.Your face was ...
In Cumbria
Long agoWe ate strawberries in CumbriaThe summer grasses blowing in our faces
We lay in that meadowed field But I, ...
If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going.
If you don’t know where you’re going...any road will take you thereAnd if you ...
I Feel Chalk Hills Growing
I feel chalk hills growing ...where my wings should be....Barren lands where skeletons of fallen bonesReplace ...
I am a Woman...I’ll Leave it at That.
I am a WomanAnd I am unknown woman. I live in a land ...
Hen Died.
Hen sat very still with shallow breathShe sat all day beside the pile of winter woodCome dark I lifted ...
Happy Valentine.
There was a time we liked to cook..we gathered food ...we grew it We prepared it and we ate ...
