Dónall Dempsey Poems

My shadow struggles
to keep up with me

trips over
...

“Tie.”
she queries

“Tie.”
...

Trying to find sleep
in what was once our bed

I find only
...

My uncle
sits cross-legged

the shiny sickle
...

Pause...
in the conversation

laughter
...

You told me:

“I love you! ”
...

She was born
into a world

without telephone...television
...

I was a sad young man
on a train

a train
...

BIG HAPPY

“You make me
so happy! ”
...

Rain hits the lake
again & again.

One can almost hear
...