Thomas Donnelly

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The island stands alone in virgin silence
Its rugged vistas pleasing to the eye
Its ocean girdled slopes untouched by violence
Sleep peacefully beneath an azure sky
...

Bold men sought it out,
upturning the world's corners
as they stumbled gallantly
right past it.
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Hidden amongst leaves
A shy blossom turns her head
In the fading light
Lift her dark petals skyward
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She takes the dark
Turns it into light
And my wound she heals it
Where once I was blind
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This wooden starfish
I clutch it tightly, recall
A small face smiling
Evokes fleeting memories
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Staring out the window
Pondering what would amount to
My heart’s true desire
That girl’s warm hand in mine
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In the evening
All things equally are blended;
Sunlight and Moonlight
Never may hold each other
...

Ah, steel rimmed glasses!
Your mask, cold politician?
Cold War warms, blushing
Comfortable silence as you
...

Ah! The hand of fate
Casts his cards whimsically
Beneath a red sky
The Fool and Hierophant, crossed
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Silently through fog
A bird alights on the sill
The ghost of the past
Reflects the old days, wishes
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12.

You are of dreams, my true companion dear
A noble friend composed of song and light
Whose presence banishes my every fear
And makes a day of the eternal night
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Spring.
Fresh chaotic rain,
Weeping on fogged bus windows
Someone drew a heart
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An antique moment, a gold and crimson horizon,
all things murmur sleepily, silence dreams in hazy corners
behind shuttered windows, breathing
so very, very softly, in the dusk light.
...

The fields lay white beneath the sky.
I saw a flower in the snow
Upon the hilltop, calm and high
A maiden framed by evening’s glow.
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Under the old tree
Two birds come and go, onwards
Into the morning
A hushed sigh of ancient leaves
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How gladly the sun
Selflessly casts its joy
On the troubled Earth
Gratitude warmly rises
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He gazes at her
A strange thing, smiling back
In eternal love
Two stray leaves on the long road
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Violin practice
A garden’s youthful gladness
I recall it well
A fleeting dream of heaven
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Kindred spirits
The west and east winds collide
Laughter falls like rain
Filling the lake of ages
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Thomas Donnelly Biography

'Our Torments may in length of time become our Elements...' ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost Book 2 I am by no means the best nor the most prolific poet, but I hope my small works can bring you a smile, even if they are vague and obscure. ~Tom)

The Best Poem Of Thomas Donnelly

The Island

The island stands alone in virgin silence
Its rugged vistas pleasing to the eye
Its ocean girdled slopes untouched by violence
Sleep peacefully beneath an azure sky

The forests range unchecked with verdant bounty
The vivid patchwork meadows here grow free
And over all the mountains tower proudly
Their peaks stare condescending out to sea

The years send empires plunging to oblivion
Strong nations under time's great weight will cry
But time on this far isle holds no dominion
The centuries like clouds have passed it by

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Lily Dartford 09 December 2013

You're a pretty good poet yourself...

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