Mai Murphy Venn Poems

2015

Almost a hundred years have passed by since the rising.
When men and women struggle for the cause.
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Here it comes; swift, as if no beast can outrun it,
Its approach is like the wings of a powerful bird.
There is no haling, as with fire when lit,
It intercepts all and there will be no going back.
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Swiftly they took over


As the victims fell,
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Could I be a Refugee?
By Mai Venn

Who has not suffered from the pain and humiliation of rejection?
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THE COLD SPELL

The weather became very cold
The birds became very bold
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An icy wind blows all over the land
Frosts white roofs all around the town
The mountains are full of snow, its grand
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I gazed at this artifact
I gazed and gazed again,
This wee fossil
From long ago -
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Duncannon Harbour

Oh, I have often wondered to countries overseas
To places where other folk love and long to be
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The Corridors of Life

Through corridors of woodland,in and out as I go,
Thinking of friends I use to know,
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The Ballymun Flats

They stand as statues waiting for the command which is looming,
Lined up against the sky, towering above the fair city like a garrison.
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