Live Encounters Poetry & Writing Volume One November-December 2024
Three Untitled Poems by Eamonn Lynskey.
Poem 1
black fields green mouths
and nothing but
farewells maybe
farewells forever
pushing through
the wretched refuse
crouching with
the huddled masses
suffering windsweep
stormspray stench
and not a word
until the letter
giving thanks
to God or
not a word
until the letter
: i regret
i have to tell you …
* * *
evening lamplight
chairs pushed back
we kneel to say
the rosary
remembering
each last leavetaking
Poem 2
no man an island more
an archipelago
of disparate lands some known
others unexplored
awaiting a Magellan
sound their promontories
or that Ehinger
who sailed the Orinoco
track the winding course
of mitochondrial flow
back to its source divine
the mix of straits and inlets
we inherit : fjords
deep and unexpected
navigated daily
Poem 3
eyes stonecold this girl
who wears the peplos flowing
to her sandals beckons
: stay a moment stranger
merge your meagre lot
of ten and three score years
with mine of centuries
– although they too a thread
thin spun a filament
will not escape the shears
: deny the hour its hurry
eternity its scorn
together we can stitch
a common shred of time
along the endlessly
unfolding hem of Zeus
© Eamonn Lynskey
Eamonn Lynskey is a poet and essayist whose work has been published extensively in leading magazines and journals and on-line. His latest collection, Material Support, was published by Salmon Poetry in 2023. www.eamonnlynskey.com