Wednesday, September 5, 2012
My Latest Poem
'Third-Leg District'
Bulldogs observe Mice play without strict ID
and curiosity do everything it can to kill.
Mad stream
Drool flows into the canal
and will never meet coral
but would be more than cordial if it did
They easily spot the tiptoe-rust
on the high-heel strut
below tip-top shape.
and whimper over the mess that's made.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Mr. Kavanagh knew the scoop!
'Memory of my Father'
Every old man I see
Reminds me of my father
When he had fallen in love with death
One time when sheaves were gathered.
That man I saw in Gardner Street
Stumbled on the kerb was one,
He stared at me half-eyed,
I might have been his son.
And I remember the musician
Faltering over his fiddle
In Bayswater, London,
He too set me the riddle.
Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me:
"I was once your father."
(Patrick Kavanagh)
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