Gerard Smyth Biography
Gerard Smyth was born in 1951 in Dublin, Ireland. He grew up in Dublin's Old Quarter The Liberties, which has significantly influenced his poetry.
In the late 1960s he began to publish texts. Until now, he has published seven volumes of poetry: “World Without End” (New Writers’ Press, 1977), “Loss and Gain” (Raven Arts Press, 1981), “Painting the Pink Roses Black” (1986), “Daytime Sleeper” (2002), “A New Tenancy” (2004) and “The Mirror Tent” (2007, all Dedalus Press). His most recent book 'The Fullness of Time. New and Selected Poems ' was published in April 2010.
for Simon
Our second son, the wanderer
has sent a postcard home that shows
the smiling people of Cambodia,
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In the middle of the night her bark was one
that seemed to reach the point of ecstasy.
Fireworks and wind-chimes frightened her,
our little dog who lived through the
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Grandmother never allowed the electric in
because it was that fearful thing
that killed her son in America.
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Fellini recorded his dreams
in sketch books and diaries.
Dreams in which he saw his obituary on the page
and made love to glamorous Anita Ekberg.
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It was the year of yeah, yeah, yeah
and hair the length of Christ's.
The ambling horse,
a dray-nag pulling a laden cart
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