Adrian Taheny Poems

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11.
Impromptu

16th of June 2009

Bloomsday in Ireland, in Dublin, everywhere James has made an impact,
Original edition sold yesterday signed by the author for £200k plus, intact.
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12.
We Will, We Will…rock You!

A man asked us to tell a story and draw a picture.
“It will hang on a wall for a full year” he said.
We sit on walls in Dublin and tell stories,
But no one ever puts us in the picture.
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13.
Frank

“The family can go in now”
The nurse said in a solemnly caring way.
And I sat outside on my own
On the night that Frank died.
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14.
Restless

Dark clouds move menacingly across my sky
As I gaze skyward to my heavenly home.
Trees shiver, unclothed on this dark night
And I can’t find sleep in an active mind.
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15.
A Canvas Bare

He stares at strangers in the room
A blank deep look of want and care.
His memories all gone too soon
His life, his work, a canvas bare.
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16.
A Little While Longer

When my friend had a change of heart,
He really had a change of heart.
He got someone else's heart,
Who didn't need it anymore.
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17.
When Love Is Lost

Love is lost; mine or yours?
Love no longer now endures.
What was once, no longer here.
Gone forever, what was there.
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18.
In The Half Light

After school on winter evenings
Under watchful eye of two generations
The third wrestled with the complexities
Of times tables and grammar.
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19.
Seamus

Softly, he left us and
We will always remember
That first September, when suddenly
He was no longer amongst us.
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20.
The Waiting Room

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