Conor Phelan

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Conor Phelan Biography

I'm 18 and I've been writing poetry for a few years and I figured that I'd get a some up so people can tell me what they think. I'm influenced by several poets, but biggest influences are John Donne, Adrienne Rich, Derek Mahon, Robert Frost, Evan Boland and Patrick Kavanagh. I really believe that it's important for poems to have a style and structure; that the poet should have to work within certain constraints; otherwise it's just a short story.)

The Best Poem Of Conor Phelan

A Personal Library

On his shelf there are many books,
Some he has read, some he has not.
Few on love, many on battles fought.
Stashed away in this little nook.
The covers paint fantastic scenes
Of men on horseback, tall and proud.
The detail of some, just a cloud,
He will remember by any means.
But within the tattered cover
Lies a story of deception
Of one he used to call lover,
To him it seems just pure treason.
Can, or should he re-read the book,
Or discard it without second look?

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