At The Darwin Day Dance

“Do you know what day it is today? Can anyone tell me?”, asked the science teacher, Mrs Winner, surveying her classroom of about 30 first year pupils.

Captain O'Neil

Captain O’Neil’s got a boat made of steel, He sails out from Cork every morning, She’s a very old boat, built in 1902, She could sink any day without warning.

Windy as a Morning Scent

Leftovers include a carpet of kelp like handfuls of moss hurled from the bay

The Wind is a Peanut

I want to make the wind wobble, to watch it squirm

The Best of Love

Hold me in the colour of your arms

Building Philosophical houses of cards

In days of yore they trimmed their wood, creating idols that looked good, but nowadays we realise a lifeless doll no help supplies. Instead we sift ideas, build

QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE 2011

The old man appeared in the room Good for his years and yet pathetic Attended by the younger man. Who did it? the pair were asked. Not us they replied. We know nothing about criminal activity.
Cherry

Wish

I read somewhere that a folding a thousand origami cranes will breathe life into a wish, send it whispering into reality, blowing away problems with the breeze of its wingbeats,

Spitting Truth

So used to spitting truth thru broken teeth, I am unfamiliar with a smile. This is new territory. Didn’t realize I was so embittered Until after. Like moonlight on a waterfall,

Sharing a Drink with the Flying Pig in Hell

It was good to see him again, My old friend. After clasped hands and the baring of teeth, We sat together. Predictably, he conjured a flask with tumblers, His smile brilliant,

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