failure (Remove filter)
New Year's Dream
For the successes that we have
Are as the land,
And all our hopes and plans
As trees and flowers,
But our failings are the droplets
Of the sea and rain
And all our fears and worries -
Winds and storms.
And I am so adrift, so far, so floundering
Though there's most a lifetime learning how to swim,
Till I have thought me too far gone
Or that the raging sky and sea might never ease agai...
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 12:47 am
The Certainty Of Death
The person that I want to be
dies every day.
I never know exactly when, or how.
Sometimes it is sudden,
Sometimes lingering,
I often struggle, I often cling,
Sometimes, fatalistically, I just give in
But the person I want to be dies every day
Sometimes many times.
Sunday 21st February 2021 1:26 am
Recent Comments
Nigel Astell on August 2025 Collage Poem: A Cut Above
1 hour ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Where is THIS Jerusalem?
1 hour ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on A Cut Above
2 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Haiku for 2025 [No. 31. Brussels Boycott]
3 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Civilities
4 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Stats (To be continued)
5 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Sonnet: Imigh Hotovely, Imigh Smál Damnaithe! Imigh is Póg mo Thóin! [Out Hotovely, Out Damned Spot! Out and Kiss my Arse!]
5 hours ago
Rolph David on The Anchorage Gambit – Reflexive Control
5 hours ago
Graham Sherwood on Stats (To be continued)
6 hours ago
Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh on Tikumtok
6 hours ago