Declan O'Reilly

Declan O'Reilly Poems

I tend the fields until they are ready;
All day I turn over the soft soil,
All day I keep the horses going steady,
Now my work is almost done, my toil,
...

2.

All of a sudden it lunged at me
This huge black beast
Growling and fiercely terrifying,
Its razor sharp claws,
...

I have fifty in my sight.
Say that's one a week
For fifty weeks -
That's not too ambitious;
...

4.

Keep me in your heart,
Till I or love are gone,
Then let me out
Like a homeless tear,
...

Then in September
When the first leaves fell,
Soft and graceful,
You came down
...

I felt the nails
Pierce my hands,
I felt the flesh being tore
From my body;
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Declan O'Reilly Biography

I always had a love for poetry. Growing up in Ireland poetry was everywhere, it was part of everyday speech. I never liked the fact it was considered high-brow, that it belonged to a certain class and that one had to be well-schooled to understand it. I don't think any poet ever wrote for a certain audience and I definitely do not either. True poetry is universal and its themes are as varied and as unique as we are. That's what makes it so special. I have had many poems published. Mostly in newspapers but the odd one or two featuring in books.)

The Best Poem Of Declan O'Reilly

Ploughman

I tend the fields until they are ready;
All day I turn over the soft soil,
All day I keep the horses going steady,
Now my work is almost done, my toil,
Upon the awakened land is almost still,
Only the seed do I have left to spread,
Seed that in autumn will become the crop
That I bring in. My days know no dread,
Though I tire from time to time, I do not drop;
In summer I shall sit upon the porch and sway,
And gaze out there at the straw man,
That keeps the circling flocks at bay;
And I am as content as they that pan;
And you may ask if I of this ever tire,
If this life ever humored my mind,
And I shall say the same till I expire,
No other life did I ever seek to find,
It is all I know and when I think it through,
I have lived it unchanged nigh on seventy years,
And my wife watches over me as wives do,
And I have no cause for bitter tears.

Declan O'Reilly Comments

Eric Cockrell 02 January 2012

you wear your heart on your sleeve, brother... and that's what make you an outstanding poet!

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Stefanie Fontker 28 September 2011

Possibly my favourite poet on this site. Declan certainly inspires a variety of emotions with his passionate words, and in depth thinking. He is an amazing poet, and it has been a pleasure to meet him, he is a true gentleman.

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