Matt Mooney Poems

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31.
Where Hemispheres Meet.

Self-contained in selfdrive cars:
Families, my daughter's and my own
In a blue Focus and a light blue Fiesta,
Driving always in formation-
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32.
By The Pond

Kookaburras came like Carmelites
Arriving reverently in twos;
Landing quietly without a coo
On the paperbark tea trees
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33.
Carnival

The half moon begins its harvest climb;
This night is sure to be as bright as day.
The turf fires kindle and flame into life
In the hillside homes this evening time.
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34.
Nepal

You and your fiancé on Facebook
Wrapped up in the Irish tricolour,
Waving to us from Mount Everest.
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35.
Morning Kiss

I am the herald of the morning.

It was I who kissed your brow;
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36.
Embrace

Bedecked with fans of ferns and little purple flowers,
Glad earth if you but could raise your lips to mine
And someway sling your leafy arms around my neck
I would lay with you and forever be your nature lover.
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37.
'The Pirate'

In Victoria on Vancouver Island
‘The Pirate’ is at his work;
Most industrious and indiscreet-
Dismissive of the motley flow,
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38.
Both Sides.

She was from West Belfast she said:
On a high stool in a pub on a corner
Playing free the spoons on her knee,
As we blasted away across from her.
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39.
Bumperland

On main roads it’s a bumperland-
It’s no joke to be driving anymore:
Awful accidents, death statistics,
Greenhouse gases, big meltdown;
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40.
Village Lady

“Peig my dear no I wont have tea; ”
To look at you there in your armchair,
Your hair so white in the window light,
Is good enough for me you see;
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