by Susan McElroy | Mar 29, 2021 | Poem
It’s a warm August day and life’s about to start clocking our miles. Cut the cards and deal me in! I hear there’s an official timekeeper on the job. So far. So good. Not certain if this will be imperial or metric, but we’re equally at home with...
by Susan McElroy | Mar 18, 2021 | Poem
A rose like any other who In Dublin lived and Dublin died. Her life defined by place of birth And the space she occupied. A name that mesmerized. I heard if first over drinks A remembrance softly chanced In talk that doesn’t matter Recollections of lives that never...
by Susan McElroy | Mar 18, 2021 | Poem
I wonder what he’s seen that I will never gaze upon Across the rolling fields to mountain tops beyond In his mind’s eye, the colours bright and swirling The shapes, the shades, the black, the white Is it ever just that simple when he stares into the night Through...
by Susan McElroy | Mar 18, 2021 | Poem
This is second nature to me, this stepping into thin air Feeling nothing beneath your feet. No solid ground To hold you up, to banish all despair No. Nothing but space on every side – and up and down No hand holds, no parachute, no railings, no rope. A universe...
by Susan McElroy | Mar 14, 2021 | Poem
‘Twas a hot summer day about mid-July When Santa stretched and let out a sigh. The elves has all left – gone to the beach And taken the booze – all but the Screech. So the jolly old fellow unscrewed the cap And after a swig, lay down for his nap. But he tossed...
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