A place where once desire lines, Lay, traced across the grass. . Now our thoughts are hidden, Beneath concrete, gone are our tracks. – Lotte Bender
Tag: Poem
Rita Ryan on Pery Square
The Sinking Church in Pery Square Curiosity got us going,A bunch of seven year olds,So very bold,To the sound of ‘into a Protestant church you must not go’,Echoing in our ears, It didn’t help to dispel our fears. Down Pery Square we went,Brave as could be, Maybe old nick the Devil to see. Nervously giggling in we…
Lucey Bowen outside the Old Town Hall Building – Rutland Street
The Old Town Council Building Remember: democracy is like these walls, it harkens back to Greece and Rome. Remember: politics is people discussing how their society should be governed. Remember: gather in coffee shops, read newspapers, argue. Remember: to be a citizen in the city is to walk its streets. – Lucey Bowen Lucey…
Adam Rudden’s Poem outside the city library
Bookmark . River-like Our stories flow anew Along dog-eared pages – Adam Rudden
Christy O’Donnell’s poem on Thomond Bridge
I stood and watched as here they fell, some jumped freely thinking this life was hell, mixed up feelings within their head, lost to the river the floating dead, memories remain with those bereft, all were loved before here they left, on moonlight beams you can hear their song, in death there is no right…
Maire Morrissey-Cummins – Lakeside Dreams (Written in Westfield Park)
Lakeside Dreams . Dusk by the lakeside, Waters gently lap the shore. A breeze weaves through tall reeds, To dance amid soft mountain shadows. . A strawberry moon rises, Behind a copse of Oak, Rolling smoky skies. . In the hush of midnight, Bare branches reach to the stars, Weaving the falling darkness, Into a…
A Revealing Absence
On the outskirts, Warehouse boulevard. Sales, Only a fool would let it go. . Quick to grab, Life seems all a hurry. . A chat? No. Product information. . Like eating only for nutrition, An awareness of absence. . A longing to go to Sean’s, On the corner, And asking how his father is. –