Gerry Murphy Poems

(for Gráinne)

As you sleep,
your tanned pelt
...

MIDSUMMER VIGNETTE

An afternoon breeze
is lifting the curtains
along Douglas Street.
...

Not that you
would notice
but every time
...

after Freud

The old woman,
so small, that when I held
the stop door open for her,
...

for Tony O'Connor
"Essence before existence!"
declared the waitress,
throwing a handful of flour
and a few raisins
onto the table.

"I ordered two scones,"
said Jean-Paul.
...