Douglas Scotney Poems

A Black Hole is more a Black Sphere.

Before you say 'Get out of here! '
the surface of the sphere we now can see
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A petty turn turns foe to friend
And likewise friend to foe. (IV.iv - paraphrase)

Menenius Agrippa died- What time saved
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Ralph Fiennes refines Ray Feens,

or
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'Complaints have been made'
Said the E.P.A.
To a business of excess noise.
'Would ya muffle ya motor, boys? '
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Why did Joyce call the guy Athy
When he could have called him Naas?

On a map of Kildare
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A sobering spirit in Lagen
Can be heard swearing 'Starving's a bargain!
But enough is enough
(Stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff) .'
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...........................is it...........................
..........................ART or CRAFT........................
............... thought order hand work....................
.........hand work laid aside thought order laid aside.....
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Since Xmas time it seemed I'd seen
The + on hot cross bun,
But hadn't bought a one.
I thought I wouldn't bother,
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Before Joyce
For a novel to make it as art
The end had to be at the start.
This is still largely so
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In times of yore in Ireland
The jokes came thick and fast
About the town of Naas.
They changed the way they said it.
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