foggy morning-
maidenhair fern
dripping dew
thunder clap-
terns rising
or hail going backwards
sneachta gan choinne -
an seasoidh
na pocai phuca
drip, drip
the prison roof-
eternity leaking
summer ends
silently the larches
face the dawn
thud thud the axe
blink blink
the owls
mad for colour
the river
rushes towards Red Canyon
Burren dawn-
maidenhair fern searching
the fog for sun
if empty space
could make a sound
'twould be the curlew call
wilds of Kerry -
creaking cabbage
dripping scarecrows
thunder clap
clouds and children
race for home
call of the curlew
icicles longer
life shorter
snowdrops here again
little oakwood
wake up
roaring water fall-
up river can’t hear
down river
in this forest
listening to
ten thousand years of rain
burning an old keel -
mackerel spawning
in the chimney
after the storm-
fog off the sea
curling into snail shells
[published Snapshots]
rural prison-
larksong drawing up faces
from the yard
[published Heron's Nest]
writing desk-
I watch a spoon
gather the dawn
[Heron's Nest]
Fall nuts brown the air
silent as the 'n'
in autumn
[Woodpecker]
Dunes- going nowere
a camel and his shadow
paw the sand
[Woodpecker]
deep in this lake
the memory
of ancient moons
[Woodpecker]
evening on blue mountain-
orbiting sheep
compete with the stars
[Woodpecker]