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Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

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All morning
she collects

stones
pebbles

& mounts them
(stone upon stone)

in precise
little mountains

perfect pyramids
of pebbles.

Then, one: by: one:

She ker-plonks ‘em
into the unsmiling pond.

“What are you doing? ”
(I ask what she is doing) .

“I’m making
the water smile! ”

The pond chuckles
as another ker-plonk

tickles

tickles
it

forcing the ripple
of a smile.

Dónall Dempsey

Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Scarlett Treat 18 September 2008

This one, I adore...your personification of the pond, and how it 'smiles' is just perfect. The ripples in the stream idea is rather overused, and this image is so fresh and new! !

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