July - December 1999

 Cleggan

the glowering hill hides the cove

with only sheep and horses for company

round smooth stones turquoise water

slowly creeps across the sand

cutting off the buried church

- that’s the shadow of the boat -

running sports football car-racing

complaining crabs hiding in pools

islands till the tide comes in

the boat’s stuck in the sand

- I’ve a wedding to go to today -

Shadow on the earth

yellow luminous fields

turn red as the sun goes down

bright sunshine fades to dusk

in the middle of the day

stopping the car along the road

to sneak a dangerous look

I punched a hole in a piece of paper

the darkness deepens

the birds are gone

a momentary night

reflected on the ceiling

from the lid of a paint can

http://homepage.eircom.net/~munsterlit/southword/Poetry/Poetry_2/poetry_2.html#Shadow 

Summer

sailing races in a dead calm

the fog horn sweeps through the mist

put your armour on and go down town

ten mini doughnuts for a pound

lunch at cafe Gar

a boy looks at the flowers

on the cover of a news paper

cling to the candy floss

cover your ears

the back end of the train

goes flying off the rail