' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'stolen Shadows(For Onelia) Poem by Dónall Dempsey

' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 'stolen Shadows(For Onelia)

Rating: 2.7


You cast
your shadow

upon the snow.

“Look..! ” I say “...a pterodactyl! ”
“Where...where? ”

I scoop your shadow
from the snow

fold it neatly
& neatly again

before slipping it
surreptitiously up my sleeve.


You leave Sofia
none the wiser

(minus your shadow)

I keep it
in my top drawer

or on my charm bracelet
for luck.

I cast your shadow
here & there

whenever& wherever
I need it.

Back in England
you haven’t even noticed

...it’s gone.

The sun
frisking you

for the shadow
its noon commands.

Here in Sofia
I smile

as your shadow
stitched to my heels

accompanies me to market.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ruth Walters 25 March 2010

haha you thief! Your imagination is magical Ruthie

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Dónall Dempsey

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Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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