Dónall Dempsey Poems

I a...
...wake

covered in glorious glitter
...

Your kiss
was like a tsunami

such
...

We chased
yesterday’s news

all over
...

Becoming The Man My Father Always Was
(for Brian D)
...

He had paid
no attention

to the smell
...

I show her
the stars.

'Are they ours? '
...

Our future
just beyond reach

of the candlelight
...

Takes off her blouse.
Takes off her bra.

'God...I'm glad
...

'Thumpity thump! '
goes the after midnight ceiling.

'Uh uh...our Briar Rabbit
...

He looked at me
with all his eyes

intensely motionless
...