Dónall Dempsey Poems

Tilly tells me tales
of herself
so long ago
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Sitting on the grass
scarlet flashing fingernails

rolling a joint
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A bead of
perspiration

(I...couldn’t stop myself)
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Summer came
into the room

of the world
...

LA LUNA

The moon stares at you.
You gaze back – not seeing it.
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WORDS! WORDS! WORDS!

“I thought it would be
exciting
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It had already gone
Hollywood

with Laurence Oliver
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Here a blackbird
stitches the sky and trees together

in a patchwork quilt
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The scarecrow dancing
in the thunder & lightning
as if high on E
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LOST FOR WORDS...AN ANAGRAM CONUDRUM.

Intrigued as thieves steal
shop sign letters A G I
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