Drowsy Maggies!

 Drowsy Maggies!

Another one that goes back to the London of 1970 and the back streets off Kilburn High Road. Will add the text over the weekend. Enjoy.

Drowsy Maggies

An accordion dragged out somewheres,

Quex Road Sundays,

Backs to the wall

Talking of the summertime,

Going home.

And the drift to Mass,

The nod.

There were rumours

Of a start somewhere.

Casuals; observations

Of the scraps of a match,

The laments for the crossing.

The red pillar post box,

Imperial signs

Hanging off the overheads.

Approved bed and board,

Crooked Jacks,

Going home

And the fleadh.

Through an open doorway

Drowsy Maggies

Drowning out

Three Dog Night -

"Mama told me not to come"

Frank Murphy

Beneath Western Skies!

 Beneath Western Skies/ SiarScéal Anthology 2020!

The above anthology is produced by the SiarScéal Festival in County Roscommon and includes contributions from both adults and children that reflect on climate change, competition poems from the Hanna Greally Awards (2019), the Beneath Western Skies, exhibition on tour (2019) and the Beneath Western Skies exhibition (2018). There is a foreword by Gwen McNamara Bond, the SiarScéal Festival Founder/Director and a preface by Anni Wilton-Jones the editor of the collection. Reflections on Climate Change opens the collection followed by, A Selection from SiarScéal 2018 and 2019 - Adults, the book closing with, A Selection from SiarScéal 2018 and 2019 - Children and Young People. A number of local writers from the Meath area include Michael Farry whose prize winning poem, The Burma Road Blues won the competition in 2019, Rinn Dúin by Sinéad MacDevitt and Drowsy Maggies by myself. A copy of the book can be sourced from The Manuscript Publishers (TMP) and retails at €10 Euro. Another winner that is included in this collection is Faye Boland who won the award in 2017 and also must mention that the book includes a number of photographs that complement the poems included.