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Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

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you cry at what's there
cry for what's lost

the seen made more beautiful
by the unseen

the fragments

dripping through
your heart

love by love

pain by pain

I used to say her Sapho
in the dark

the fragments becoming more fragmented
in my fragile remembering

my frail retelling
when dreams would awaken

you & Sapho
chatting in your sleep

Dónall Dempsey

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

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Gina Pisapia 16 July 2007

I love being read to and so I can really appreciate this...the sound of words in a beloved's voice...I could be read to all night or at least until I fall to sleep. And I love sapho and the fragments that insist you add your little bit to complete the poem in your head. A yummy dreamy poem about one of my favourite pastimes being read to by a man!

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