John F. McCullagh

John F. McCullagh Poems

There are faces in the darkness

There to see and not be seen.
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She had been through so much,
Still, the cancer had spread
Now six weeks into treatment
She's confined to her bed. 
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The newcomers killed my woman,
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A cup of tea, some soda bread,
Would you take some milk and sugar, friend?
Sit here by the fireside
And share with me the daylights end.
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My minds image of my Ellen
Is like a rose preserved from time.
Or like a treasured bottle
from a vintage year for wine.
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My brother died upon a tongue

But now I with my legions come
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It was a year ago today
Twin towers built of steel and stone
Still stood beside the water’s edge
To greet the final morning dawn
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A horse to Ride, A sword to wield,
an ocean of grass to tame.
The Seventh was out in the field
to make George Custer’s name.
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In an antiquated walk-up
in an older part of town,
The photographer waits patiently
for her to shed her gown.
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A Prayer for Thanksgiving,2010

Lord, we humbly thank you
For the feast you set before us.
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I knew a rose without a thorn,

The rarest bloom that grows
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He sang a tenor’s part-

No more a tenor really
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The sunlight is too bright for me-
I was in prison for so long.

My trial, a show staged by the Court,
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The call went out
It meant one thing.
Death in the line of duty
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I was one of thirty embryos,
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St. Patrick's Church was sparsely filled
For Friday morning mass
The seniors getting restless-
the clock reada quarter past.
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A Study in Scarlett

A wistful sadness in your eyes
Says all you need to say..
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Roses in profusion
bloomed along our garden wall.
They were both red and yellow-
tea hybrids, I recall.
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4 A.M.- it’s much too early
It’s no surprise I’m feeling surly.
It’s cold outside and lacking light.
It feels like the middle of the night!
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A little bit of Brooklyn fell
From out the sky one day-
And landed in Corona
Near the subway and the bay
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John F. McCullagh Biography

My influences are Browning, Service, Donne, Thomas Grey, E.A. Poe and Shakespeare.)

The Best Poem Of John F. McCullagh

A Life In The Theater

There are faces in the darkness

There to see and not be seen.

We are players acting out

“A Midsummer night's Dream”



I am a minor player-

An inconsequential part

Think of me as of a wall

Between two loving hearts



I've learned my choreography

And know my lines by heart.

I hear the music playing-

the thing’s about to start.



Stage love is unending

and best described as blind.

No pair ending up estranged-
the happy ever kind-




The people go home happy

By car or cab or train

And wake up the next morning

To find that nothing’s changed.

John F. McCullagh Comments

alsimoes2332@gmail.com 24 April 2018

Just wrote a book about teaching art inspired writing & poetry and would like to use The Eternal Question in my book. How do I contact Mr. McCullagh to get his permission?

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Mikhail Sonkin 28 April 2016

Dear John, This is the first time when I tried to read contemporary English poem. I am a Russian who live in USA 24 years, and I am 71, and I write some poem too. My Russian friend translated some of your poems, I liked them so I decided to read in English. I love this poem. You are right in your last lines. In a two years I and my wife will have 50 anniversary of our marriage. It is an answer on your poem. Best wishes Mikhail Sonkin

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