Dónall Dempsey Poems

'This body...'
(she smiled to herself)

'...has been brought to you
...

Tanned: bronzed.

Looking like
I’ve just
...

Munch
screams & screams

as he
...

It was quiet
as bone.

I felt I was
...

Cornered animal
her eyes glaring fearfully
as her cancer...stalks...
prowls...begins to move in for
...

Kissed me in a flash
of lightning...storm breaks in heart.
Such love is...revealed.
Naked bodies shivering
...

She vanishes
into the kitchen

soon it is quiet
...

The clock ticks
but Time

has stopped
...

Manuel Smith was smitten. He had bitten off more than he could chew. He was at once sea and love-sick. The ground fell from under him and he groaned and grasped for the nearest support.

This was not a night for man or boat.
...