Live Encounters Poetry & Writing 16th Anniversary Volume Seven
November- December 2025
Two Windows, poems by Tim Dwyer.
Two Windows
In America
middle of the night
high in the sky
I see harvest moon
glow through cumulus
while in Ireland
early in the night
above the hedge
you watch harvest moon
through a hazy veil
From these distances
we look to the Milky Way
white river of stars, where
herd boy is sailing back
to weaving girl.
Inspired by ‘A Moonlit Night’ by Du Fu, transl by David Young,
Five T’ang Poets, Oberlin College Press, 1990.
Weaving girl and herd boy, from a Chinese folk tale
Flight Details
Mulled
During last night’s thunderstorm
apples were shaken from Gary’s tree
and tumbled down the narrow lane.
I pick up one and take a bite,
sweetness of a McIntosh
from long ago. Red. Plump. Crisp.
I fill my pockets and gather
the bruised ones strewn on the ground.
Press, ferment, mature,
mull with cinnamon, zest, and cloves.
Serve the cider piping hot
for one more lingering winter.
© Tim Dwyer
Tim Dwyer’s debut full collection, Accepting The Call, has won the Straid Collection Award. His poetry appears regularly in Irish, UK and international journals, and he is a previous contributor to Live Encounters. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, he lives by the shore in Bangor, Northern Ireland. https://templarpoetry.com/collections/new-titles-submissions/products/accepting-the-call