Poetry – Bed of Feathers

Another Day Gone

I told you another day gone Gone with the wishes and old dispair.

Far away sounds Echo’s from the past Watching footbal Cheering people The greens, the pitch Not only silence To find the green in the garden To search for it The stillness of faces The wood of the coffins Abandoned streets We read, ‘closed signs’ Distance seems the only word On everyone’s lips In all areContinue reading “Corona virus”

Winter

A trip to hell I thought it was winter Is it warm Why am I bundled up Like a grip in the sky Why is it daylight I thought it was cold The road, I see only leafage Is it the hell Excrement, left by a dog Wet and thick A beer cap With aContinue reading “Winter”

Fennel

The cold of the streetsI walkIn lonelinessEmpty storesWhere is the happinessOf childrenPacking toysWhere is the laughterWhere is the cryWas it Christmas the day beforeThe sounds of Winter every dayThat was once, never moreWhen things were jollySnowrides and FennelThe sweet smell of candy canesWaiting to see JimmyThings from the pastLife like an empty film rollWhere areContinue reading “Fennel”

See You In Autumn

I’ll see you in AutumnWhen the days are short and the nights longFilled with wordsTo pick them out of the cold evening airThe air so thick, clouds packed with thoughtsThe memories of Poe and Frost, so close byWhere are you, my Sylvia, Emmy and my gliding LizzyThe smell of fallen leavesCreating mountains to ascendTaking theContinue reading “See You In Autumn”

Dublin Lace

I saw you on the streets of DublinYour hair curled up in a shellCovered with lacePale and smelling like the waterPike, Carp and tenchThe oldies, our bricksOur wooden tables, warm chairsAnd the smell of GuinnessIt still hurts how good you’re lookingSo fresh and clean as the morning dewThe pain of your beautiful facePressing on myContinue reading “Dublin Lace”